Eeva Reeder, a former math teacher who led a high school geometry project on designing a school for 2050, says she started project - based learning for three reasons: First, her students were
not learning concepts deeply enough to apply or even remember them for a long period.
I tried to learn as much about breastfeeding as possible before my baby was born but ultimately you can't learn concepts properly without actually parcticing them for real!
All right, but they can't learn concepts.
Investigating further, Wieman learned what cognitive scientists have proven repeatedly in recent years: Humans don't learn concepts very well by having someone blab on about them.
Not exact matches
I have
learned the hard way that time spent kicking the tires of a franchise
concept can
not be overemphasized.
I've
learned the importance of product management, which frankly was
not a well - developed
concept at some of the companies where I have worked.
Most adults won't
learn that
concept as quickly as your kids will, but they, too, will eventually catch on.
For Feynman,
learning didn't involve memorizing complicated
concepts.
As Matt Sweetwood eloquently concluded, «If there is one thing I
learned from my parents» experience in constantly having to reinvent their store and dramatically revise their business model, it's the transformational
concept that the time to reinvent yourself is when you're at the peak,
not when the world has changed around you and you're desperately scraping to survive.
Anyone who has
learned about the fundamentals of content marketing knows the
concept isn't all that complicated — consistently provide something of relevant value to your target audience in the hope it will ultimately return the favor in kind.
Books are a great place to
learn concepts and theory, but if you don't know how everything works together in the real world, it won't matter.
Oh, so you admit that it isn't «illegal» to have students sing Christmas carols in public schools, as long as they are
learning them for the musical
concepts embedded in them?
Tom > «Oh, so you admit that it isn't «illegal» to have students sing Christmas carols in public schools, as long as they are
learning them for the musical
concepts embedded in them?
We need to give up the «what happens when we die»
concept and think about how we can live better lives... guess what, I
learned how to be a good, morally sound and ethically sound individual and I didn't read the Bible... wild notion, I know.
I just don't get the
concept that one needs religion to
learn morality.
If someone wants to
learn about God, really
learn about God, lets spend some time sitting down together in a mature and peaceful setting where we can both chill,
not feel threatened and discuss the whole
concept.
From the earliest weeks of life, when an infant is taught to control hunger in order to meet the sleeping needs of parents and to fit into a social pattern in which people do
not eat during the night; through babyhood, where etiquette skills include
learning conventional greetings such as morning kisses and waving bye - bye; to toddler training in such
concepts as sharing toys with a guest, refraining from hitting, and expressing gratitude for presents, manners are used to establish a basis for other virtues.
Making education contextual means recognizing that 1) theology involves responding to the living God in diverse human situations; 2) theology involves specific practices as much as it does religious
concepts and experiences; and 3) theological education requires attention to personal formation and
not simply the
learning of specialized lore and skills.
But
learning the
concept «infatuation» does
not of itself tend to deepen people.
Four features of what it is to
learn a
concept were stressed: We show whether we have
learned the relevant
concepts or
not, whether we understand or
not, by our actions relative to what we seek to understand.
The practices that involve these transactions can
not be neatly separated from the practices through which are taught and
learned concepts bearing on understanding God.
At least for me, I introduce others to
concepts they never knew existed (
concepts that challenge you) but you add nothing beyond a statement that God doesn't exist (people
learn nothing from that).
No wonder you people believe in creationism, you don't even bother to
learn the most simple
concepts of evolution.
When people
learned that the Earth was
not the center of the universe and thus man was
not necessarily the focus of existence it was very uncomfortable and it was a difficult
concept to adjust to.
He didn't have to because he covered the issue with a much broader
concept, he taught us that we must
learn to love all our fellow humans, and that only God himself will judge us.
The reason children require a number of years to develop mastery of certain basic
concepts, according to some child psychologists, is
not that they are slow in
learning the words — they actually know the words quite early — but that they have to start experiencing the world in a new, more simplified way that corresponds with the classifications suggested by these words.4 For example, young children may know the words spoon, teaspoon, silver, knife, and metal but find it difficult for several years to apply them appropriately to objects in their environment, the reason being partly that these words form multiple and overlapping classifications.
But his habitual response to any
concept whose meaning he has
not taken the time to
learn is to dismiss it as meaningless, with the sort of truculent affectation of contempt that suggests he really knows, at some level, that he is out of his depth.
Continuing its message to the clergy, AA concedes that: Some members of the clergy may be shocked to
learn that an agnostic or an atheist may join the Fellowship, or to hear an AA [member] say: «I can't accept that «God
concept»; I put my faith in the AA group; that's my higher power, and it keeps me sober.»
To unbelieving Adeline, haven't you
learned personification of abstact
concept in literature class?
MacIntyre's position is, I think, similar to his characterization of Rosenzweig's in Edith Stein: «We do
not begin with some adequate grasp of the
concepts of knowledge and truth and in the light of these pass judgment on whether or
not we know something of God or whether or
not it is true God exists, but rather it is from our encounters with God — and with the world and with human beings — that we
learn what it is to have knowledge of what truth is.»
I have had to
learn slowly and diligently to practice shalom in my body —
not for someday when I'm a certain size,
not for someday when I take up less space,
not for theological purposes,
not for when I'm dead,
not as a hotly contested spiritual
concept but here and right now, I want to make peace with my body.
but, on the other extreme, some congregations don't realise that the big words encapsulate big
concepts and if they were only willing to
learn what they mean it actually could make it all a lot simpler and more straight forward.
It is
not, as Griffin contends, because Plantinga views his traditional
concept of God «as holding a privileged, virtually invulnerable position in the minds of believers,» and thus has no interest in «asking what we might
learn from... others» (ER 48 - 49).
I want to thank you for what I
learned; how to keep quiet and listen to others; the whole
concept of what you termed «unfinished business»... which meant that there was an interpersonal relationship which had
not been worked through; the surprising truth that there is no conflict that does
not disappear if both people will go into the encounter and face the negatives and articulate them in terms of actual feelings; your continual emphasis on getting rid of the things that keep people from loving each other.
One can
not understand the religions of Asia without having
learned the basic religious
concepts, the accepted religious writings, the important religious leaders, and the places which have sacred connotations for the people of Asia.
If they are
not relevant, then mere behavior, as causally conditioned spatio - temporal changes and nothing more, is the only universal principle, and what we
learn by studying animals adds nothing (beyond unusual complexity or subtlety) to our
concept of reality in general.
Since I have no idea of your current knowledge level and you seem incapable of understanding these sensible
concepts, I'm
not sure anything I could say would convince you until you've
learned a lot more.
Keep this in mind... people talk about the heroes they know and love,
not the
concepts they are
learning about.
It's taken a while but my bro has finally
learned the idea of replenishing -
not such a difficult
concept to grasp;)!
Investors familiar with the
concept of «buy low and sell high» shouldn't be surprised to
learn that sports betting is no different.
It would show that Jackson would likely struggle picking up new
concepts which would likely be taught to him with a whiteboard and he wouldn't have time to
learn simply by multiple (years) of repetition.
If you are a newcomer to basketball and can't grasp the
concept of boxing out for a rebound, Kevin Love is the perfect player
learn from.
I was surprised and delighted to
learn that it's
not a new
concept.
«Kids shouldn't spend the first few weeks of school this fall relearning the same
concepts they
learned the previous school year because of brain drain,» said Bryan Wunar, the Museum's director of community initiatives.
If you haven't heard of the «love languages» before, it is an incredibly useful
concept to
learn about.
Not only do kids get to see the seasons change before their eyes, they
learn about science
concepts like hibernation and migration.
Both books in this brand new series combine tactile, interactive play with
learning to
not only help children retain basic
concepts taught at the preschool level but also to make the
learning experience enlightening and entertaining by bringing in 15 inventive craft projects that tie in the spirit of Halloween and Christmas.
Toddlers
learn words very quickly, though they may
not be ready to create clear sentences yet, perhaps confusing
concepts such as «you and me.»
She also took issue with the
concept of «maternal instinct» (and here we saw she was
not the only one), and believed that nurturing skills were largely
learned through socialization.
ShareI did
not care for
learning anything about the Tooth Fairy — we had no
concept of this growing up and somehow in my head my kids seemed to young to be losing their baby teeth.