Naturalistic Education Theory (NET) is a strategy to develop an interdisciplinary curriculum in the sciences that is a developmentally-appropriate, pedagogical guide for engineering and evaluating the construction of a horizontally and vertically aligned and integrated concept sequence. NET proposes that instruction be based on the understandings of the physical mechanisms …
Scientists from the Higher School of Economics (HSE) together with colleagues from the University of Helsinki have discovered that learning foreign languages boosts our brain’s elasticity and its ability to code information. The more foreign languages we learn, the more effectively our brain reacts and processes the data accumulated in the …
In Mastery learning, “the students are helped to master each learning unit before proceeding to a more advanced learning task” (Bloom 1985) in contrast to “conventional instruction”. Thus, the students are not advanced to a subsequent learning objective until they exhibit proficiency with the current one. Mastery learning curricula generally …
Educational neuroscience (also a component of Mind Brain and Education; MBE) is an emerging scientific field that brings together researchers in cognitive neuroscience, developmental cognitive neuroscience, educational psychology, educational technology, education theory and other related disciplines to explore the interactions between biological processes and education. Researchers in educational neuroscience examine …
The term M-Learning, or “mobile learning”, has different meanings for different communities. Although associated to e-learning and distance education, it is distinct in its focus on learning across contexts and learning with mobile devices. One definition of mobile learning is: Any sort of learning that happens when the learner is not …
Life-wide Learning (LWL) is a teaching strategy that involves real contexts and authentic settings. The goal is to undertake different kinds of learning not covered in a traditional classroom. By including LWL with a traditional classroom, students are better equipped to achieve whole person development and to develop the lifelong …
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are popular with educational establishments as an efficient way to deliver their materials. Unfortunately, student engagement does not match the eagerness of the educators and the number who complete any given course is disturbingly low, according to research published in the International Journal of Learning Technology. …
According to a psychology study at The University of Texas at Austin, character traits, such as grit or desire to learn, have a heavy hand in academic success and are partially rooted in genetics. Though academic achievement is dependent on cognitive abilities, such as logic and reasoning, researchers believe certain …
Children vary substantially in their mathematical abilities. In fact, some children cannot routinely add or subtract, even after extensive schooling. Yet the causes of these problems are not fully understood. Now, two researchers, at Georgetown University Medical Center and Stanford University, have developed a theory of how developmental “math disability” happens. …
A special school is a school accommodating students who have special educational needs due to severe learning difficulties, physical disabilities or behavioral problems. Special schools may be specifically designed, staffed and resourced to give the appropriate special education for children with additional needs. Students attending special schools generally do not attend any …
