"In a home where there are too many things, nothing is highlighted. But by focusing on and expanding the space in which there is nothing, the things that are there spring into life." Treehugger

To give context on age, Grace Hopper began computing at 38, completed the first compiler at 46, helped shape COBOL at 53, kept developing COBOL for the Navy in her 70s, retired from the Navy at 80 & then became a consultant for the Digital Equipment Corporation. v/@cooperx86

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12 of the most interesting education research papers from the last 12 months: (via visualiser)

If you're trying to learn by building out a project but you're not really getting anywhere with it, it's an indication the project is too advanced and you'd be better off stepping back to a more basic project that you're able to make progress on. Don't let your ego get in the

The more prerequisites you're missing, the wider the gap between your edge of mastery and new thing you're trying to learn, and the smaller the chance that you have enough working memory / generalization ability to bridge the gap. Wishing for more working memory / generalization

3) @MrZachG's "Just Tell Them" is a brisk 90-ish pages. You could tackle it in one sitting. Most books on explicit instruction simply make the case for it, and end there, leaving readers wondering "But how do I do it well?" This book answers that question

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The most common teaching mistakes are things like: presenting too much not enough practice not gathering responses moving on too quickly not securing attention no examples I’m struck by how much attention we devote in education to stuff that distracts from these fundamentals.

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You can't 'connect the dots' if you don't have any dots.

Forcing thirty kids in a classroom to all learn at exactly the same pace is a crime against the human intellect.

Before we raise coders or doctors, let’s raise emotionally intelligent kids. Nigeria needs a 3-year soft skills training program in primary schools. Soft skills are the foundation. Hard skills come after. Let’s build humans, not just workers. #EducationReform

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