In class and out of class
Our tutoring consultant remarks on different ways of learning.
Articles Tagged with teaching
Learning and relearning
Just like it sounds
Reforming English spelling?
Learning how to spell in English is difficult. Reforming the system would be harder.
Reading the script
Sometimes the answer is no
When finding nothing is something
In science, coming up with the answer is often the easy part.
School subjects
The purpose of classes
School is a different environment from the rest of life. This is not always a good thing.
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.
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.