The New Science of Learning

Todd Zakrajsek shares about the 3rd edition of The New Science of Learning on episode 422 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Let people struggle a little bit.
-Todd Zakrajsek

If you don’t teach students how to do well in groups, they don’t tend to get better at it.
-Todd Zakrajsek

Resources

• The New Science of Learning: How to Learn in Harmony with Your Brain, by Todd Zakrajsek
• Albert Bandura
• Zone of Proximal Development
• Cognitive load
• Robert Bjork on Episode 72 of Teaching in Higher Ed
• Desirable difficulties – Robert Bjork
• Mathematics for Human Flourishing, by Francis Su

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