Americans have been good at improvising for a long time, but in the last few decades, we have gotten very sloppy about… — John Medina Copy Share Image
Don't start with the details. Start with the key ideas, and in a hierarchical fashion, form the details around these larger notions. — John Medina Copy Share Image
“The more handles one creates at the moment of learning, the more likely the information is to be assessed at a later date. The… — John Medina Copy Share Image
If you wanted to create an education environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you probably would design… — John Medina Copy Share Image
“Every time I lectured to a group of parents-to-be about baby brain development,” — John Medina Copy Share Image
“reasoning is a uniquely human talent. It may have arisen from our need to understand one another’s intentions and motivations. This allowed us to… — John Medina Copy Share Image
If you wanted to create an education environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you would probably design… — John Medina Copy Share Image
“Emotionally arousing events tend to be better remembered than neutral events. While” — John Medina Copy Share Image
Most brain scientists have not taught 4th grade, and don't know very much about the classroom, even though they might study learning in some… — John Medina Copy Share Image
“The more parents talk to their children, even in the earliest moments of life, the better their kids’ linguistic abilities become” — John Medina Copy Share Image
Even though we don't know squat about how the brain works, the little we do know suggests that if you wanted to design a… — John Medina Copy Share Image
