Articles tagged with Learning
Only four recently published series received high ratings for helping students learn mathematics, while most textbooks were deemed unsatisfactory. Excellent materials require excellent and well-trained teachers to be effective.
A University of Delaware researcher reports that toddlers learn new words based on shapes, not functions, a phenomenon known as the 'shape-bias'. Adults, however, rely on both shape and functional properties when naming objects.
A variable-priority technique adapted from fighter pilots has been shown to enhance skills needed for multiple and often-simultaneous tasks in older adults. The approach improved recall and pattern recognition in older subjects, narrowing the age-related gap in performance by 29 percent.