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- Much of online education is no doubt deserving of title ("education"), but online "school"? Very skeptical. Esp for 8 year olds (8yos, dude) 2 hours ago
- "At last count, more than 30,000 students were enrolled in cyber charter schools across our state." (PA) penncan.org/research/freed… 2 hours ago
- Sorry, I have hard time seeing cyber charter schools as positive for any but small, exceptional group of kids. penncan.org/research/freed… 2 hours ago
- RT @melanietbaum: Now tweeting from: Experiential, Genetic, and Epigenetic Effects in Human Neurocognitive Development. 2 hours ago
- .. & 3 - Can hack autocorrect eg, when type: "basically" gets replaced w "**basically, there is no reason to use basically, try to omit**" 4 hours ago
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Neurobabble: Inflated Credibility Currency
My fingers did. Ok, not really, but both are limited views of the complex process of writing this post. It seems that the tide may be turning on neurobabble, and I thought I would contribute a few thoughts. A recent … Continue reading
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Tagged neurobabble, neuromyths, neuroscience, psychology
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Myths Come From Values, Not From Ignorance
Like many interested in how we apply basic cognitive science to education, I was interested in the recent finding that many teachers still endorse many myths and misconceptions about neuroscience and cognitive psychology. Here is the original paper, and an … Continue reading
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Tagged education, learning styles, neuromyths, neuroscience, psychology, teaching
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