Learning and Behavior Issues: What Science Really Says
Learning problems? Memory problems? ADHD? Depression? Watch the TEDx talk “You REALLY are what you eat!” by Hether Crawford. To think that drugs are the only answer, …
Psychology
Katy Bowman Quote on Math
In talking about the Nature School that her young children attend (Episode 23: Nature School, of the Katy Says Podcast), Katy Bowman said:What [my 4-year …
Movement Makes Us Focus and Learn Better
Last week, while tutoring a student, I had him toss a tennis ball back and forth. Before we did that, he was struggling with a …
Quote on Knowledge
Though he was wrong on many or most things, Hegel did make a statement, that, in a rational mind, is true:The true is the whole.In …
Paleo & Science: A Plea
Sadly, most Paleo “leaders” (scientists, coaches, and nutritionists who are paving the way for the Paleo diet and lifestyle) have a poor (or incomplete) philosophy …
Myers-Briggs Should be Much Maligned
What we have here, in developing the test, is a failure to engage in induction and integration.In “Why the Myers-Briggs test is totally meaningless” (Vox Media, July …
Educational Theory: Check Your Premises
Some time ago, I saw some video that showed a teacher using a variety of movement modalities, sensory modalities, and human activities to teach a …
On The Importance of A Rational Education and Rational Teachers
In the blog post “When and How Do People Learn To Think?,” David Harriman says:Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order in the sixteenth century, once …
Summer Learning
In a summary of Making Summer Count by McCombs, Augustine, Schwartz, et. al., they say:Research has shown that students’ skills and knowledge often deteriorate during the …
Learning: Get Your Diet Dialed In
Sean Croxton wrote recently on Facebook: Did you know that the gene that expresses Down’s syndrome becomes active in the absence of the mineral zinc. …