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Is it worth trying to memorise facts?

Feb 08, 2017 | Category: learning
We can only think about what we know and, no mater how intelligent we might be, we cannot think about something about which we are ignorant. But how well do we need to know things? Is there any point...

Motivation: when the going gets tough, the tough get going

Aug 26, 2013 | Category: learning
If ever you get embroiled in a discussion on Learning Styles you may well be confronted with the chestnut of motivation.Learning styles, it seems to me, are all about motivation and management, and no...

The problem with fun

Aug 22, 2013 | Category: learning
Getting students engaged so that they can be taught something seems much less effective than getting them engaged by teaching them something that engages them.Dylan Wiliam Could fun be the enemy of le...