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Will MOOCs be Flukes?
The New Yorker: On July 23rd, 1969, Geoffrey Crowther addressed the inaugural meeting of the Open University, a British institution that had just been created to provide an alternative to traditional higher education. Courses would be conducted
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Playing High-Action Video Games May Speed Up Learning, Studies Say
Education Week: Contrary to the popular stereotype of a distracted teenager lost in Halo or Call of Duty video games, new evidence suggests playing such high-action video games may help students learn and react faster—but
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How Parents Teach Children to Tidy Up Toys
The Wall Street Journal To keep the toys tidy, Susan Lutz Klauda finally turned to her Excel spreadsheet skills. Dr. Klauda, a 35-year-old Washington, D.C., education researcher, decided she was “fed up with the toys
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Take Notes From the Pros
The New York Times: When it comes to taking lecture notes, Laura Gayle, a sophomore at Florida State University, has her methods. A smiley face connotes an important person. If the professor says, “Make sure
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The Psychological Comforts of Storytelling
The Atlantic: When an English archaeologist named George Smith was 31 years old, he became enchanted with an ancient tablet in the British Museum. Years earlier, in 1845, when Smith was only a five-year-old boy
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The Perks of Being Detail Oriented
In a busy, cluttered world, it can often be difficult to find things. Luckily for us, the location of objects is often related to the context in which they are found, which means that we