Uncommon Sense Teaching
by Barbara Oakley, Beth Rogowsky and Terrence J. Sejnowski
Neuroscience for teachers: working memory, the two learning systems, active learning, and how to reach both fast and slow learners. Practical and classroom-tested.
Read it if…
you teach and want the brain science applied to lesson design.
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Skip it if…
you are not a teacher.
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Three things you will actually use
- Working memory is small; chunk and retrieve.
- Fast and slow learners both need pathways.
- Active beats passive, always.
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Redesign one lesson with retrieval practice built in.
Our verdict
Brain science for the classroom.
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