TMI! Information Overload and Learning
“Too much information—TMI!” More than just a retort when conversations turn personal, TMI also describes a common student experience. When one period of steady information flow follows another, the...
View ArticleLearning and the Brain Presentation: Daniel Willingham
Daniel Willingham, a cognitive scientist and author of Why Don’t Students Like School, made an insightful presentation at the Learning and the Brain Conference in DC. As you read through these...
View ArticlePatterns: Learning, Thinking, Creating
It seems contradictory. The brain seeks and sees patterns, but when asked to find patterns, many people become uneasy. (Shelley Carson suggests that up to 80% of people find this type of thinking...
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