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A Brief History of U.S. Science Education — Leading to Modeling Instruction
Prior to the mid-1800s, science and science education in the United States existed in an unstructured manner. However, the public’s...
Nathan Belcher
Feb 812 min read


Stuck in a Performance Plateau? Use this Guide to Break Through the Plateau and Maximize Your Ability
You are excited for tomorrow — you’ve trained for several months, leading to tomorrow’s big event. Your training has been consistent, but...
Nathan Belcher
Feb 714 min read


The Fundamentals of Practice — Maximizing Learning with High-Impact Types of Practice
Do, think. Do, think. Do, think. This is the never-ending cycle of improving: Do, then think; do again, then think again. The doing...
Nathan Belcher
Feb 716 min read


Learning, Fast and Slow
What did you learn today? For some, this question is terrifying — but for others, this question is joyful. Learning sparks an array of...
Nathan Belcher
Feb 711 min read


A Philosophy of Learning and Education — Focusing on the Role and Importance of Conceptual Models
The foundational idea for this philosophy of learning and education is that all humans can learn . Humans organize sets of knowledge and...
Nathan Belcher
Feb 75 min read


Thoughts on 39 Years of Living
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...
Nathan Belcher
Jan 296 min read


Ideas and Tactics for “Sensing and Focusing”
Belcher’s “Model for Learning” (For more information about the entire “ Model for Learning” , see this essay: That’s How Learning...
Nathan Belcher
Jan 285 min read


Learning a New Skill — Skiing!
Before this week, I had used skis once in my life. Growing up in the Appalachian mountains, I had a bunch of experience with sleds and a...
Nathan Belcher
Jan 284 min read


Learning Through Travel
After teaching for 15 years at schools in South Carolina and Singapore, my wife and I (with our girls) decided to take a sabbatical year....
Nathan Belcher
Jan 284 min read
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