In my last post, I described an approach to talent development that’s been proven not to work: fire-hose training where an expert swoops in, tries to stuff people’s minds with knowledge for a day or ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Many of you may be familiar with threshold concepts. It’s a model for disciplinary learning ...

Software developers know that continuous learning is necessary to remain relevant. However, complicated technical concepts and skills are difficult to master. Sometimes, it can be more productive to ...

Students who physically experience scientific concepts understand them more deeply and score better on science tests, according to a new UChicago-led study. Brain scans showed that students who took a ...

At most schools a reading of Charlotte's Web might end with a bunch of little spiders made from pipe cleaners and a few tears at the poignancy of the story itself. At Preshil independent school, the ...

Facts and ideas can be mapped in ways that show how they relate to each other. The map drawing usually begins with outlined notes, because few people can think fast enough to construct a map in ...

The agent acquires a vocabulary of neuro-symbolic concepts for objects, relations, and actions, represented through a combination of symbolic programs and neural networks. These concepts are grounded ...