Among the things I have not missed since entering middle age is the sensation of being an absolute beginner. It has been decades since I’ve sat in a classroom in a gathering cloud of incomprehension ...

I asked Claude to explain Python and to build an interactive visual with sliders and buttons, rather than giving me another ...

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You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but you can teach yourself about new topics with Google Learn About, the experimental new tool from Google that takes a more educational approach to ...

I read “Middlemarch” for the first time during my sophomore year of college. I didn’t get it. Why would Dorothea, a young and intelligent woman, marry that annoying old man? How could she be so stupid ...

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The human brain tends to play favorites. Its prejudices, well demonstrated by psychological studies, include the “halo effect”: if we like a certain quality in a person, we’re more likely to perceive ...

The debate over online versus in-person classroom learning in K-12 education rages on, driven by concerns over student engagement, academic performance, and social-emotional development. Advocates of ...

I was recently getting a much-needed haircut with a new stylist, and in our small talk, he asked me what I do for a living. I explained that I teach current and future teachers how people learn and do ...