Annie Murphy Paul

Via en länk jag fick skickade till mig så har jag börjat följa denna kvinnan, Annie Murphy Paul. Vetenskaplig skribent som studerar inlärning. Vad som påverkar vår inlärning mm. Otroligt intressant.



Scientists think that children may learn how to speak in much the same way songbirds learn to sing:


People learn a new language more easily when words are accompanied by movement or gestures: 


http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2012/01/03/Study-Gestures-help-language-learning/UPI-98871325638501/?spt=hs&or=sn


Highlighting the key feature of a diagram doubles the chance of solving a problem correctly:


http://ideas.time.com/2012/01/11/what-your-eyes-say-about-who-you-are/


BRILLIANT: Parents have trouble setting limits on digital devices because we’re preoccupied by them ourselves:


http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012201080323




Pupils remember more and behave better when 3D images are used in lessons:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2083310/Lessons-taught-3D-help-children-learn-behave-better-increases-levels-concentration.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

BRILLIANT: Children who can’t read by third grade are four times more likely to drop out of high school:


http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/state_edwatch/2012/01/post_14.html


 BRILLIANT: When we can’t admit we don’t know the answer, it makes it almost impossible to learn:


http://www.freakonomics.com/2012/01/04/why-is-“i-don’t-know”-so-hard-to-say-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/