Holes in one’s memory
Not everything we learn sticks. This can be discouraging.
Articles Tagged with learning
Just like it sounds
Reforming English spelling?
Learning how to spell in English is difficult. Reforming the system would be harder.
Sometimes the answer is no
When finding nothing is something
In science, coming up with the answer is often the easy part.
A grand memory for forgetting
Learning in compartments
There is so much to take in that we divide up our task subject by subject, rarely allowing something we’ve learned in one class (or other environment) to leak over into another. This is not, in general, a good thing.
Machine learning
Trained by our machines
Our chief consultant realizes how effective our machines have been at training us to perform tasks efficiently and exactly.
Greece vs. Bablylon
Two kinds of mathematics
Mathematics, at almost any level, can be either practical or ideal. Problems arise when the two kinds are confused.
School’s out
Exactly useless
Stages of learning a foreign language
Our consultants are mostly concerned with teaching science and mathematics, claiming no expertise in the very different skill of teaching language. They have, however, learned several, which gives some insight into the process.
Ideal lies
Why learn something that isn’t true?
As we progress in school, the lessons get more difficult and complicated. Sometimes they’re difficult because we have to unlearn things.
