35 Psychology-Based Critical Thinking Strategies
Category Archive: teaching
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 …
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 …
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
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.