Belcher’s "Model for Learning" [Image by Belcher] Learning happens throughout life. From the moment we are alive to our final days, the...

Ideas I chose to name this work The Learning Engine  because the name implies motion. One of the main drivers of motion in our learning...

Ideas Have you ever noticed how learning seems to happen in cycles? We try something, reflect on the outcome, adjust our approach, and...

Have you ever faced a challenge that was difficult but not impossible, where you struggled but ultimately learned and grew from the...

Whatever our personal feelings are about AI, the technology is here to stay — and advancing at a good clip. This essay will discuss a few...

Ideas At some point in life, everyone is a teacher. Being a teacher can happen in many different ways: Choosing a career as a teacher or...

Effective feedback transforms learning. Discover the right kind, way, and time for feedback that drives excellence.

Ideas Before getting into the ideas for learning plateaus , take a look at Belcher’s  Model for Learning . Please work through the model,...

Ideas Learning is not learning without application — we must test the sets of knowledge and skills in our conceptual models in many...

As a teacher, how do you know your students are learning? Although this question may seem simple to answer, the way a teacher or coach...

How does a teacher organize instruction to maximize student learning? This question has been important for the entire time humans have...

As an expert in your field, you are in the advanced stage of learning. You have a rich understanding of the knowledge and skills in your...

Congratulations! You are no longer a beginner — you have made it to the “messy middle” stage of learning. You have created foundational...

Learning a new complex set of knowledge and skills is both scary and exciting: Scary because you are adventuring into the unknown;...

Prior to the mid-1800s, science and science education in the United States existed in an unstructured manner. However, the public’s...

You are excited for tomorrow — you’ve trained for several months, leading to tomorrow’s big event. Your training has been consistent, but...

Do, think. Do, think. Do, think. This is the never-ending cycle of improving: Do, then think; do again, then think again. The doing...

What did you learn today?  For some, this question is terrifying — but for others, this question is joyful. Learning sparks an array of...

The foundational idea for this philosophy of learning and education is that all humans can learn . Humans organize sets of knowledge and...

I recently turned 39 years old. This age somehow seems both old and young: Old because I’ve had a bunch of interesting experiences; young...