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Whether it’s appreciating Shakespeare’s double entendres, solving polynomial equations, deciphering the electronic configuration of metals or analysing supply curves, all learning involves four essential functions.
Quantity and quality aren’t diametrically opposed but rather complement each other. Creative work, in any domain, are pieces that stand out based on parameters laid down by the field in question. When it comes to creative endeavours, most people believe…
That student, especially those from lower-income groups, regress academically over a long summer vacation has been documented by education researchers. In contrast, children from advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds tend to make gains, especially in reading.
Muthu Sir flashes a photograph of gently rolling hills on the smart board and poses a question to the class, “Is there any evidence in this picture that the land was sculpted by glaciers?”
As I look back on my student years, I can count a handful of teachers who not only helped me decode the subtext of Shakespearean prose, generate a testable hypothesis or critique the operational definitions of abstract psychological constructs but…
Now that you have arrived at your destination, after a gruelling academic journey, and have reached the sought-after place called the college, time to relax and have some fun, isn’t it? You’re free of the scholastic rut of the school…
For generations, formal learning was associated and often limited to the confines of academic institutions. Pictures of young graduates throwing their caps into the air was symbolic of their new-found freedom as they didn’t have to study for dreaded exams…
In addition to reading accurately, we need children to become fluent readers, where they can seamlessly glide through a piece of text. Fluent reading involves being accurate, pausing appropriately at punctuation, reading with expression and, most imp…
Mayur consistently topped his class in Maths and Science. In Class 12, there was no doubt that he would walk into an engineering college of his choice. And sure enough, Mayur was admitted into a premium college, where he continued…
In my Class X History Board exam, I inadvertently omitted a 10-mark question. Later in the day, when my friends were discussing the paper, I realised my goof-up. And, I was devastated! I remember crying the entire evening.
Aruna Sankaranarayanan is the author of Zero Limits: Things Every 20 Something Should Know. She was the Founder & Director of PRAYATNA, a centre for children with learning difficulties in Bengaluru & Chennai for 22 years.