“Productive Failure:” Why Early Floundering Leads to Better Learning
Does opting for short-term help from a teacher equate less long-term comprehension and problem-solving? Productive failure might hold a clue.
Does opting for short-term help from a teacher equate less long-term comprehension and problem-solving? Productive failure might hold a clue.
It’s often easier said than done to learn from our mistakes and move on, but research shows with a certain mindset just how pivotal it can be.
A summary of research conducted on athletes with deliberate practice routines, and the resulting differences between experts and amateurs.
Progress and self-development are hard to measure, and it’s all to easy to get discouraged. Here are 3 ways to spot skills improvement!
A handy analysis of recent studies suggesting learning “how to practice” can actually help your music practice become more efficient.
A brief look at the ways in which leaning into the emotionality of music whether joyful or sad, can help us learn and retain new information.
How introducing “new” information can help you retain and utilize the familiar stuff you already know, in new ways… Read on to learn more.
Starting out teaching new students? Here are some pitfalls to avoid and strategies to implement (for the benefits of the student).
A summary of research that supports the idea that our brain activity remains in learning mode while we’re at rest. Hence: take more breaks!
A powerful meditation on hiding behind what we don’t know — and how that, more than imposter syndrome, can impede the learning process.