The purpose of classes
School is a different environment from the rest of life. This is not always a good thing.
School subjects
Articles Tagged with teaching
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.
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.
An unlikely number
Remembrance of things past
When learning doesn’t fade away
Our tutoring consultant has an encouraging experience with his own memory.
Ways of learning and of avoiding it
Life is not a word problem
Our tutoring consultant continues to gain insights from his students.