Monthly Archives: August 2011

This morning on WBUR (Boston’s NPR affiliate) ran a segment in the back-to-school theme titled “Think You’re An Auditory Or Visual Learner? Scientists Say It’s Unlikely”.  The whole audio piece is worth a read, but here is a clip. Psychologist … Continue reading →

I think we often forget how much influence forgetting has on learning.  Learning isn’t binary between knowing and not knowing.  Learning is part levels of understanding and how well we retain it.  I’m not a neurobiologist, but it seems to … Continue reading →

The video below was shown to me a couple of years ago (or see part 1 and part 2 of a similar video).  I think it was originally made in 2008, so some of the data is already outdated.  I’m … Continue reading →

A recent article in the Boston Globe summarized an interesting project call Khan Academy (also see the Ted Talk about it here). It started off as a uncle helping his nephew out with math homework by making short YouTube videos … Continue reading →