Learning

Killing a learner's natural curiosity doesn't happen overnight. It can take as long as 12 years, and in some rare...

It's not merely the closed-mindedness of fixed belief that can hold students back: it's also the convenience of habit, the...

This is first about how the process of becoming wrong—the sweeping of the arms out in front of you as...

Ambition precedes curiosity. Without wanting to advance, learn, change, or grow, curiosity is simply a biological and neurological reaction to...

From improved clarity and precision to students better understanding their own learning profile, there are many benefits of competency-based assessment.

The goal of the model isn't content knowledge (though it should produce that), but rather something closer to wisdom--learning how...

Creativity in the classroom is another form of play, and play is universally important to each individual’s sense of joy...

Effective teaching about the Holocaust requires asking students the right questions, and that is the beginning of any inquiry-based lesson.

In the first stage of curiosity, students are primarily concerned with procedural knowledge: What they're supposed to do and how.

Assimilation of knowledge occurs when a learner encounters a new idea, and must 'fit' that idea into what they already...

Intrinsic motivation is defined as the doing of an activity for its inherent satisfaction rather than for some separable consequence.

The 5E Model promotes collaborative, active learning in which students work together to solve problems and investigate new concepts by...