The moon and its gravitation Through throw, throw the ball here…” shouted 12 year old Pratham, as he eagerly waited for his friends in the opposite team to throw the ball that he would catch. He always dreamt of becoming Yuvraj Singh, the best fielder a team can ever have, according to him. The ball…
“Who is interested in learning?” As a parent, teacher one thing that has changed suddenly is understanding of the term “Screen time “and “internet”. These two have become allies of Learning. Learning is about learner’s relationship with the content shared. Be in the physical spaces or on online platforms. For the learners, this requires them…
In this globalized world, accessing information has become convenient. This has allowed for overall exposure to global trends and language learning opportunity for students. With access to information and increased exposure comes the need for more learning content. Child-friendly, accurate learning content is either created or is made available through translations from other languages. After…
“Designing for kids is no child’s play” As the world slowly embraces the new normal, children across the world have resorted to accessing digital content in their journey towards education. The pandemic has led to a steady rise in companies churning out learning content for children of all ages. Every possible academic subject has been…
The article appeared in the Opinion column of YourStory on November 1, 2020. https://yourstory.com/2020/10/ideas-uses-technology-personalise-learning Imagine that five people go to a doctor and complain they have fever. Further imagine that the doctor tells them, “Oh, you all have fever, so please take this medicine for fever.” Why does this example sound ridiculous? Why do we…
Basic literacy and numeracy are foundational skills that are fundamental to learning for every child. They provide the base to build other skills needed in primary school and beyond. Foundational literacy skills include reading and writing, while foundational numeracy skills include fluency in the four basic arithmetic operations. Students who successfully acquire Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) skills can…
MISCONCEPTIONS IN LEARNING CLASSIFICATION
The Case for Working Memory
This article is from our archives. “India vs Australia cricket match! Right here in our town”, Manoj was running with a newspaper in his hand heading for Team Bachcha! Team Bachcha was a team of kids crazy about cricket. None of them wanted to miss this match at the grounds. Manoj brought the news to…
In a teacher training workshop on Language Assessments, it was asked why a certain poster-type text, containing graphs, can be used as a text to assess reading comprehension. This participant stuck to their opinion that such a text is essentially “Mathematics”, and we should stick to “Language” when assessing/teaching reading comprehension. This is an important…