Month: December 2018

Tweet: Model Thinking

George Box said. “All models are wrong.” But, if they are wrong in different ways, then collectively, they can be less wrong. To quote Richard Levin’s, “the truth lies at the intersection of our independent lies.” And, it is in diversity that the seeds of independence reside. https://t.co/1kCWmPOuVb— Kiran Johny (@johnywrites) November 30, 2018https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQIzsv_5VRA

Tweet: Why add Seductive details to instructional material ?

Seductive details are interesting but irrelevant elements that are added to instructional material in order to spice it up.#Learning #Education #ScienceOfLearning https://t.co/jBB3msSUmy— Kiran Johny (@johnywrites) December 6, 2018 A seductive detail is a component added to instructional material that is interesting to the audience, but not directly relevant to the instructional purpose.

Tweet : Cumulative Culture and Human species learning

“Cumulative culture makes us smarter in another way as well: It allows us to transcend the limitations imposed on us by the anatomy of our brains, furnishing us with knowledge.” A growing contingent of scholars argue that our “superpower” as a species is not so much our intelligence as our collective intelligence and our capacity … Continue reading Tweet : Cumulative Culture and Human species learning

Tweet: Learning Styles myth and hyper use

I want to myth bust1) #Learning style is not a single theory- There are more (including David Kolb) 2)The term Learning style can be used in a #behavioral sense also. Ex. My learning style is First scan the Abstract and bullet points and then proceed to #Self_Explanation etc. https://t.co/44eVtPHd56— Kiran Johny (@johnywrites) December 9, 20181) … Continue reading Tweet: Learning Styles myth and hyper use

Tweet: Academic excellence Vs Career excellence

Adam Grant writes... What Straight-A Students Get Wrong ie Academic excellence is not a strong predictor of career excellence. This is something relatable to ideas of "Performance and Success" by Prof @barabasi the author of the new book #TheFormulahttps://t.co/v6hb2VO6Qq— Kiran Johny (@johnywrites) December 8, 2018In this article Adam Grant (Organizational behavior Professor @ Wharton) explores … Continue reading Tweet: Academic excellence Vs Career excellence

Tweet: Big Fish Little Pond Effect

Big Fish Little Pond Effect: Students in higher-achieving schools will compare themselves with peers and consider themselves less capable, while equally performing students in lower-achieving settings have more confidence.#Education #learning https://t.co/nChvvJDIso— Kiran Johny (@johnywrites) December 3, 2018“Big-fish-little-pond” is a concept in which students in higher-achieving schools will compare themselves with their peers and consider themselves … Continue reading Tweet: Big Fish Little Pond Effect

Mathew Effect In Learning (accumulative advantage)

  The term Mathew effect was emerged from bible verses (Matthew, XXV: 29). “For unto everyone that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath” Matthew Effect in education was first coined by Walberg and Tsai in 1983 were they looked at cumulative advantages of educative factors. They found that early … Continue reading Mathew Effect In Learning (accumulative advantage)