Drjimo

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Date registered: February 16, 2015

Latest posts

  1. 35 Psychology-Based Critical Thinking Strategies — August 23, 2016
  2. Interleaved Learning — July 6, 2016
  3. OK Everybody get your shoes on…. — November 3, 2015
  4. Top 20 Principles from Psychology for PreK–12 Teaching and Learning — October 4, 2015
  5. Research Terms Defined — February 16, 2015

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Aug 23

35 Psychology-Based Critical Thinking Strategies

35 Psychology-Based Critical Thinking Strategies  

Jul 06

Interleaved Learning

Tanmay Vora (@tnvora) has two very nice sketchnotes and associated articles on learning. Tanmay Vora’s associated articles are here: How Our Brain Learns Which is adapted from the article (by Belle Beth Cooper) 6 important things you should know about how your brain learns (#6 is Interleaved Learning) When Does Real Learning Happen? I was …

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Nov 03

OK Everybody get your shoes on….

I like to use the following story of a parent interacting with their 3-year-old to make a point. Parent: “OK Everybody get your shoes on.” 3-year-old: “Why?” Parent: “Because we need to get in the van.” 3-year-old: “Why?” Parent: “Because we need to go to WalMart.” 3-year-old: “Why?” Parent: “Because we need to get some …

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Oct 04

Top 20 Principles from Psychology for PreK–12 Teaching and Learning

Top 20 Principles from Psychology for PreK–12 Teaching and Learning Click to access top-twenty-principles.pdf

Feb 16

Research Terms Defined

This is a nice infographic on terminology. Validity, positivism, etc. There is a good list of sources at the bottom of the infographic. http://designresearchcenter.unt.edu/sites/default/files/articles/research_v2_ryan_gupta_hermosillo.pdf

Feb 16

My Original ‘Plethora’ Page

A couple years ago, I made a fairly extensive page on research, titled, Math Education Research and a Plethora of Committee and Government Reports. With this website coming on board, I probably won’t be editing that page much (we’ll see).  I will probably make this site my main workhorse when it comes to Math Education …

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Feb 16

Under construction

This site is (new as of 2/15/15) under construction.  Yep, it needs to be organized.

Feb 16

Why Johnny Can’t Add Without a Calculator

Link “Technology is doing to math education what industrial agriculture did to food: making it efficient, monotonous, and low-quality.” This is pretty (OK, quite) negative on technology.  I don’t think it claims (or the reader should conclude) that all technology is bad. It offers some very realistic concerns.  The article is fairly extensive.