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Is Khan Academy effective at teaching?
For a research project I've decided to look at the merits of teaching through video compared to teaching through the medium of a lecture. This lead me to Khan Academy, a website launched in 2006 with ...
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Are 10,000 hours of practice necessary to gain true expertise in a subject?
It's an often repeated internet certainty that, to be truly good at something, you need to practice for 10,000 hours. As far as I have been able to ascertain, this theory (or hypothesis?) gained ...
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Can jet lag give you permanent memory and learning problems?
A recent article on Cracked.com, 5 Things You Won't Believe Are Making You Dumber, claims "jet lag gives you permanent memory and learning problems" and cited several studies. But when you look at the ...
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Has hypnopaedia been proven to work? To what extent?
The idea of learning during sleep, say by listening to a recorded class, can be tempting to make a good use of roughly a third of the day. Has it ever worked though? If so what is the most efficient ...
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Does raising grading standards improve learning?
A Law College is proposing to raise the required grade average from 5/10 to 7/10 to graduate, claiming that it's going to improve the students overall performance.
Are there any studies to support ...
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Does learning immediately before going to sleep increase the effect?
I have read now several times as a "secret tip" that learning directly before going to sleep significantly increases the effectiveness of learning, probably the long-term memory when, for example, ...
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Does moderate exercise improve learning ability?
Heavy exercise temporarily depletes glycogen, a short term energy store, from the brain (after doing so from the muscles and liver). However, light exercise has a positive effect on learning ability. ...
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Is passive listening useless when learning a language?
In an article on the blog Fluent in Three Months is a claim that listening to hours of a foreign language without really concentrating on it is "barely better than nothing".
The shocking truth is ...
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Can you “learn” to wiggle your ears?
My friend knows how to wiggle his right ear only, and I tried to wiggle my ears as well, but he told me that I can't learn it, it has to be natural. Is there any study on this, or is it actually ...
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Is it harder for adults to learn new skills?
We all have learned our mother's tongue with much more ease than we learn any additional language, and I am always amazed at how effortlessly little kids seem to pick up sports and skills.
Has there ...
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Are there auditory, visual and kinesthetic learners?
It's a common advice to find out whether a child is a auditory, visual or a kinesthetic learner.
For some, auditory input is most valuable; others rely upon a visual style. Still others learn ...
