Most Classroom Learning Sucks
A interesting piece on Passionate Users about class room learning.
“People complain that their kids can’t pay attention in school, then their kid comes home and spends two hours studying the elaborate world of Halo 2. Reading, absorbing, problem solving, using sophisticated mental maps, and on it goes.
When learning is ‘presented’ in a push model, … [it has] to compete against the brain’s natural instinct to scan for unusual, novel, possibly life-threatening or life-enhancing things.“
Find Out More:
- Learning Disabilities Associated with Language Problems Later in Life - Kansas City infoZine
- Learning disabilities associated with language problems later in life - EurekAlert (press release)
- Leaning and Visual Noise
- Bringing learning disabilities into the classroom - Nova News Now
- Cerebellum More Than Just a Motor
Books:
- Dyslexia My Life
- Physical Activities for Improving Children’s Learning and Behavior
- Pivotal Response Treatments for Autism: Communication, Social, & Academic Development
- Making the Brain Body Connection: A Playful Guide to Releasing Mental, Physical & Emotional Blocks to Success
- Reflexes, Learning And Behavior: A Window into the Child’s Mind : A Non-Invasive Approach to Solving Learning & Behavior Problems
July 3rd, 2005
Web/Tech
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