Articles Tagged with learning

Unimportant history

Obscure biography

A book about someone we’d never heard of turns out to be unexpectedly interesting.

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The student’s load

Getting bigger

Why are students carrying around more stuff than they used to?

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The right textbook

Too big, too slow, too sparse?

We describe a problem that you probably don’t have.

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Language change

The long and short of it

We ponder an old textbook.

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Cyborg students

Mechanical aids

When we test students today, what do we test?

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Microclimates

Weather and learning

If you look closely, there is enormous diversity.  This can be a problem.

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Tinkering

Radio sets and Perl

Playing around can be unexpectedly useful.

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The Aspirational Bookcase

Good intentions

It can take time to get around to things.

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Long reads

An unfair advantage

How many people read a thousand-page book?

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Misnaming things

The astronomer’s dictionary

Misleading terms make learning Astronomy harder.

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