Learning to Learn: Perfecting Practice
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Perfecting Practice
A truism about learning new skills is that the more we do it, the better we should become at that skill. Following this logic, we observe people who diligently spend time practicing their chosen skill. Musicians spend hours a day honing their instrument, athletes work out year-round to achieve peak performance, scientists spend countless years […]
Learning to Learn: Research and Knowledge Creation
No greater thrill excites the super learner than discovering new knowledge. Research is the main way this is accomplished today. Knowing how to conduct research, how to locate and curate research material and how to distinguish fact from opinion are critical skills in the digital world we inhabit. The internet is a vast treasure trove […]
Learning to Become a Superlearner: Metacognition
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Psychological Learning Process
Psychological Learning Process and Neuroscience of How We Learn. One of the most important topics covered in the Designing Learning certificate program that I teach for ATD is the neuroscience of how humans learn or the Psychological Learning Process. Thanks to breakthroughs in medical science, we now know much more about how the brain functions […]
Learning to Learn: The Role of Attitude
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Learning to Learn: Remembering When We Need It Part II: Memory Techniques
In my last blog on the role of memory in learning, I discussed how the brain formulates memories based on repeated exposure to sensory information in our environment and application of new knowledge in our daily lives. In this final blog on memory, I will turn to the important subject of improving our ability to […]
Metacognition: Learning to Learn
What does metacognition, attitude and memory have to do with learning? In a previous blog, I described the key elements of learning to be a superlearner, starting with cultivating a learning attitude: Attitude – curiosity, open-mindedness and motivation are key attitudes that drive learning behavior and outcomes Metacognition – thinking about thinking, being self-aware, creating […]
Learning to Learn: Becoming a Superlearner
We would all like to be able to learn better. Given an expanding universe of knowledge that doubles every decade, the ability to learn is critical to our success in life, if not our very survival. In the first of a series of articles, I will share what I have learned over a lifetime of […]
Adaptive Learning is Personalized
Back in my elementary youth, I remember using the SRA Reading Laboratory to improve my reading comprehension and vocabulary. The instructional system was based on a progressive reading curriculum that started at first grade and built all the way to college level texts. The key to the system, considered revolutionary for its time, was programmed […]