Category Archives: Brain

Supporting Learning

Posted on February 20, 2021 by pauseability

Contemporary research in cognitive development supports each of these eight Montessori-related principles: 1) Movement Movement and cognition are closely related 2) Learner Control Learning is improved when the learner has a sense of control 3) Interest People learn better when … Continue reading →

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Memory Booster

Posted on January 13, 2019 by pauseability

Look carefully at this picture of Brainy. If you close your eyes now, can you remember the 5 items he has? Well, that’s the idea behind my latest TinyTap creation that uses the revised Soundboard feature. It is now possible … Continue reading →

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Creating Creativity

Posted on June 27, 2017 by pauseability

In “The Agile Mind – How Your Brain Makes Creativity Happen”, Estanislao Bachrach shared the two important conclusions from a 2009 study by Clayton Christensen, a professor at Harvard Business School.  The six-year study was carried out on three thousand … Continue reading →

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Eat, Write, Draw

Posted on April 5, 2017 by pauseability

I had the pleasure of attending a 6-session workshop organised by National Library Board (isn’t our library amazing!) led by accomplished comic artist Koh Hong Teng. It started with the submission of a food-theme idea and a sample of my … Continue reading →

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Science of Learning

Posted on May 5, 2015 by pauseability

Have you heard of learning scientists? Or learning engineers? These are the experts in how we learn and who are able to help us apply this knowledge in the design of learning experiences. But they are not the same as teachers though. … Continue reading →

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Power of Yet

Posted on April 5, 2015 by pauseability

Carol Dweck’s concept of the Growth and Fixed Mindset has been circulating for a while now. It might seem overly simplistic to divide learners between just these two categories but it is really a very powerful game-changer. She says more about her … Continue reading →

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Listen

Posted on July 22, 2013 by pauseability

Listening is a skill that needs to be learned. Let’s hear what Peter Senge has to say: “To listen fully means to pay close attention to what is being said beneath the words. You listen not only to the ‘music,’ … Continue reading →

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Move It

Posted on June 17, 2013 by pauseability

This is not a post about exercise and sports, not entirely at least. In trying to find out more about language learning, I came across Total Physical Response, or TPR in short. It is a method of language acquisition that … Continue reading →

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Gr8 8

Posted on June 3, 2013 by pauseability

This is good brain stuff. While this is entitled how youths learn, I reckon that the 8 points are possibly as important for learners of all ages, and for all manner of leaning. 1. I feel okay 2. It matters. … Continue reading →

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Move It

Posted on May 13, 2013 by pauseability

Motivate – to stimulate towards action. One of the things that teachers dread is when a group or even a class of unmotivated learners is stonewalling with them. In fact, for any learning to happen, there needs to be some … Continue reading →

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