Teaching Students How To Learn: Why Do We Expect Students To Learn When We Don’t Teach Them How?

By Brian Winter, M.Ed. | May 16, 2016

Have you ever assembled furniture from IKEA? Many of us have had that pleasure (using the term loosely).  Even with the easy-to-read, illustration-only instructions, this process can be frustrating. But, imagine… if the next time you purchased a couch from IKEA, no instructions were provided. Could you assemble it? How hard could it be?!  You’ve probably got…

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Importance of Practice & Feedback in Education

By Jessie S | May 9, 2016

When you were a child, how did you learn how to ride a bike? Did your dad or mom (or whomever taught you) sit you down, grab a piece of paper and write down the steps of what you should do? Did they draw a diagram with equations of how fast to move your legs?…

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