Kevin Blissett: Out of the Cave

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Entries Tagged ‘learningstyles’

Fun with Mnemonics

Mnemonics are memory devices we use to make facts or processes stick in our long term mental storage.  They can be quite useful, and yes, sometimes fun. (One of my favorites is one I created myself: The formal Korean greeting is “ahnyong hashumnika.” I was able to memorize the expression with the silly English phrase [...]

False Dichotomies in Assessing 20th/21st c. Education?

I found the following graphic on a nice website called 21st Century Classrooms. It draws an interesting comparison between 20th and 21st century education. While I’m on board with most of the philosophies and dynamics of the right side of the column, I’m wondering if a couple of the characteristics on the left side of [...]