Many people think of our brain as a mystery – it is hidden from sight and therefore we cannot properly understand it. In the same way, many of us don’t really know much about intelligence – what it is and how it works ...
We all know that to teach something well, we need to learn it properly first. If we then teach it to somebody else, we end up learning it really well ourselves.
We were intrigued to read recently in the Times Educational Supplement about the comments of Pasi Sahlberg, a leading education campaigner and government official in Finland.
Here at Study Skills Zone, we spend a lot of time figuring out how best to help students learn and remember things in maths – and in other subjects.
Find out why Study Skills Zone is different from other providers out there.
We have realised that an insight into how their brains are working may be key to understanding how our students are learning.
Research shows that reflecting after learning something new makes it stick in your brain. Even taking just fifteen minutes to reflect on what was learned during the day could significantly affect how well students retain the information.
In this brief 6-minute TED talk, Angela Lee Duckworth explains her theory of “grit” as a predictor of both academic and professional success.
Students who have developed these Habits of Mind will be able to apply their learning to an ever-expanding array of challenges