Outside Resources

Video: The First 20 hours – How to Learn Anything – Watch a video by Josh Kaufman about how we can get really good at almost anything with 20 hours of efficient practice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MgBikgcWnY

Video: The Learning Scientists – Terrific YouTube Channel with videos covering such important topics as interleaving, spaced repetition, and retrieval practice. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjbAmxL6GZXiaoXuNE7cIYg

Video: What we learn before we’re born – In this video, science writer Annie Murphy Paul answers the question “When does learning begin?” She covers through new research that shows how much we learn in the womb — from the lilt of our native language to our soon- to-be-favorite foods. https://www.ted.com/talks/annie_murphy_paul_what_we_learn_before_we_re_born

Web: Neuroscience News – This is a science website dedicated to neuroscience research, with this page addressing fascinating new memory research. http://neurosciencenews.com/neuroscience-terms/memory-research/

Web: The Learning Scientists – A website created by three psychologists who wanted to make scientific research on learning more accessible to students, teachers, and other educators.

http://www.learningscientists.org/