Educational Pedagogy

A surprisingly potent technique can boost your short and long-term recall – and it appears to help everyone from students to Alzheimer’s patients.

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When the National Academies issued its first expanded "How People Learn" report, the contents struck a nerve, providing a readable explanation of the various research findings on the science of learning along with guidance on how to turn those insights into instructional practice in the classroom. A new version of that report offers an updated view on the topic and pushes beyond K-12.

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Children need the same information repeated to encode it permanently.

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Being outside helps kids learn. Here are some ways to get them to spend more time in nature.

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One mental strategy may be much better suited than another to a particular task.

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There's a long-held view that students have different learning styles and that teachers have to adapt their teaching to those styles.

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Presentations can be among the most painful experiences in both school and the working world -- and that includes listening to them. The way most of us give presentations is broken and ineffective, but it doesn't have to be that way. What if small changes in the way we prepared to speak could drastically improve our dynamism and effectiveness? Gordon will explain a smart and simple approach to creating presentations that engage audience and inspire action.

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There is little scientific support for this fashionable idea—and stronger evidence for other learning strategies

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We knew sitting too much was bad for the body. Now we know it’s bad for the brain.

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Moderate walking three times a week improved thinking skills in people with cognitive decline, and adding a heart-healthy diet improved the brain even more, a new study says.

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More Kiwi kids are learning how to cook, clean and budget at school. Does that make sense?

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Recycled or scrap parts including tunnels, pipes, crates, foam, rubber and plastic parts make for better play equipment for kids than a fixed swing set.

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Strategies that target students’ metacognition—the ability to think about thinking—can close a gap that some students experience between how prepared they feel for a test and how prepared they actually are. In a new study, students in an introductory college statistics class who took a short online survey before each exam asking them to think about how they would prepare for it earned higher grades in the course than their peers—a third of a letter grade higher, on average.

 

This low-cost intervention helped students gain insight into their study strategies, boosting their metacognitive skills and giving them tools to be more independent learners.

 

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=reflection

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Psychology

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Metacognition

 

http://globaleducationandsocialmedia.wordpress.com/2014/01/19/pkm-personal-professional-knowledge-management/

 

 

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AUSTRALIANS aren’t getting nearly enough sleep each night — and it’s slowly killing us.

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Children don't benefit from constant praise as much as we'd like to think and it may lead to avoiding taking risks due to fear of failure.

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Reform is needed in college sports to ensure academics remain the top priority.

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Learning doesn't have to be a "loner" experience.

Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky suggested that knowledge is constructed through our interactions with others.
MOOCs (Massive Open Online Learning) leverage our inherent social needs by bringing people together to learn the same material in a virtual group. Students can express what they're feeling and experiencing with others in a shared space, making the learning journey more enjoyable and less daunting.

 

As people gain confidence, they often enjoy friendly competition with fellow learners to push themselves to compete exercises and assignments. Recognition is part of our need for building self-esteem—and some courses have gamification built in to reward student accomplishments and community helpfulness.

 

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

 

https://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Social+Learning

 

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Every few months, higher education is witness to a curious ritual where one’s stance on particular pedagogical issues assumes an affect of Calvinist-style salvation or damnation. You can set your w…

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