Help Students Retain, Organize and Integrate Knowledge | Teaching + Learning Lab

Modern work demands knowledge transfer: the ability to apply knowledge to new situations and different domains. Our most fundamental thought processes have changed to accommodate increasing complexity and the need to derive new patterns rather than rely only on familiar ones. Our conceptual classification schemes provide a scaffolding for connectin... See more

The newest generations of learners need to learn why understanding the problem, the kinds of common mistakes that happen in organizing the problem, and learning to check answers for consistency are some of the most salient skills to develop in the real world.

ut working this way, I feel better-equipped to make progress on my ideas than I have in quite some time. Single-user experiments like this emphasize problem- finding and discovery, not precise evaluation. In fact, my work with one student uncovered a startling hypothesis that consumed much of my year: what seems like a problem of forgetting is some... See more

How do you help people to make a living doing knowledge work and creating elegant explanations of complex ideas?

In traditional learning methods, some kids struggle to make the connection between what they learn and real-world problems

Knowledge becomes understanding when related to other knowledge in a manner that is useful in conceiving, anticipating, evaluating, and judging matters beyond the reach of information.

Students need more exposure to the way everyday things work and are made.

“Making mathematics mandatory,” wrote Hacker, “prevents us from discovering and developing young talent. In the interest of maintaining rigor, we’re actually depleting our pool of brainpower.”

In a paper titled “A Mathematician’s Lament,” Paul Lockhart rails against the modern ... See more