Time

The Key To Learning: Knowing How Learning Works

Annie Murphy Paul is the author of the forthcoming book Brilliant: The New Science of Smart. What’s the key to effective learning? One intriguing body of research suggests a rather riddle-like answer: ...
Fast Company

Brain science called it: This is the best way to learn anything new. Here’s how

The social side of work is in short supply these days. Post-pandemic, many organizations have turned to some form of a hybrid approach: employees splitting their time between remote work and commuting ...
Forbes

‘What Works’ In Reading Comprehension—And What Doesn’t

Research in education rarely draws on the substantial body of scientific evidence on how learning works. That’s a problem for teachers, students—and the rest of us. Researchers and academics focus on ...
WebMD

Operant Conditioning: What It Is and How It Works

Operant conditioning, sometimes called instrumental conditioning or Skinnerian conditioning, is a method of learning that uses rewards and punishment to modify behavior. Through operant conditioning, ...
Portland Press Herald

How LearningWorks works

An error has occurred. Please try again. With a The Portland Press Herald subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. It looks like you do not have any active ...
Nature

How AI and neuroscience drive each other forwards

Chethan Pandarinath wants to enable people with paralysed limbs to reach out and grasp with a robotic arm as naturally as they would their own. To help him meet this goal, he has collected recordings ...
EdSurge

Asynchronous Learning or Live Lessons? Which One Works Better for Me?

If you work in education in 2020, you are making tough decisions about how to best reach and teach your learners in the midst of a global pandemic. There is a dearth of evidence to help teachers make ...
Forbes

Why Technology Hasn’t Boosted Learning—And How It Could

Technology has been hailed as the key to improving education. But that won’t happen as long as our use of technology is based on mistaken beliefs about how people learn. But there’s been little to ...
Education Week

Why Personalized Learning Works in Some Schools, But Not in Others. What Test Scores Say

Personalizing learning to students individual academic strengths and weaknesses and personal interests was hard to do during the pandemic, especially in remote or hybrid learning environments. Social ...
MIT Technology Review

Nobody knows how AI works

It’s still early days for our understanding of AI, so expect more glitches and fails as it becomes a part of real-world products. This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter ...

Tiglin is shining light on darkness of addiction and homelessness – here’s how model works for people in recovery

TIGLIN has been hailed as vital support service for people overcoming addiction and homelessness. The charity allows people ...