Category Archives: Research

Learning with a tablet

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Contrary to conventional belief, study shows children can learn how to solve a problem on a tablet computer and transfer this learning to the same problem in the physical world

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Do not drill those time tables

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Read the scientific proof that drilling is not a good strategy.

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Gestures help learning

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Susan Wagner Cook, an associate professor of psychological and brain sciences at the University of Iowa, has conducted numerous studies with various scenarios and it is confirmed that children learn better when they can see gestures while hearing the explanations.

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How much do teachers know about fractions

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Well, SPOILERALERT, not much or at least not enough. See the report by Copur-Gencturk, Y. Teachers’ conceptual understanding of fraction operations: results from a national sample of elementary school teachers.

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YES manipulatives help when you teach math

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For those who were still not convinced about the effectivity of using manipulatives when teaching math, here is a robust overview study that proofs it all.

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