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Work Your Mind

Work Your Mind . Vanderbilt-Pakistan Connection. TIME For Kids. Work Your Mind: Figuring something out on your own may be the best way to learn.

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Work Your Mind

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  1. Work Your Mind Vanderbilt-Pakistan Connection

  2. TIME For Kids Work Your Mind: Figuring something out on your own may be the best way to learn

  3. Here’s something to think about the next time you ask your teacher for help: struggling with schoolwork on your own can help you learn. According to a recent study, the more you struggle while you are learning new information, the better you can remember it later.

  4. This theory might surprise you. When teachers are presenting new information, they often give students lots of help. But a new study shows this may not be the best way to support learning. “Don't be too quick to get help when learning something new,” education expert Manu Kapur told TFK. “Try to work on it yourself even if it means trying different ways.”

  5. How to Learn Kapur came up with the idea that struggling can lead to better learning. Then he tested it out on students in Singapore. He separated students into two groups. In the first group, students were asked to solve math problems with the teacher’s help. In the second group, students were asked to solve the same problems by helping one another, instead of getting help from the teacher.

  6. With the teacher’s help, students in the first group were able to find the correct answers. Students in the second group did not solve the problems correctly. But they did come up with a lot of good ideas.

  7. The students were then tested on what they had learned. The group without any help from a teacher scored much higher than the group who had help. Kapur said working to find the answers helped students understand the process, not just the solution.

  8. Kapur’sadvice for kids is to put a lot of effort into learning something new rather than going to your teacher for help. “Simply doing a little work or nothing at all won’t work,” says Kapur. “The struggle needs to be a genuine attempt to figure out or solve a problem in as many ways as possible.” 

  9. Question 1 Do you agree that struggling can lead to better learning? • Absolutely • Sort of • Maybe • No

  10. Question 2 How valuable do you think receiving help from your peers is? • Invaluable • Beneficial • Somewhat good • Not helpful

  11. Question 3 How valuable do you think receiving help from your teacher is? • Invaluable • Beneficial • Somewhat good • Not helpful

  12. Question 4 Which is the most valuable source to receive help from? • Your peers • Your teacher • Both A and B • Yourself

  13. Discussion Questions • How can you help yourself learn? • How can you help others learn? • How can you help your teachers be better teachers?

  14. Assignment 1 Imagine that you are a teacher. How would you make sure that your students were learning the best that they could? What would you do? How would you help your students? How would you help your students help each other? Write a short paragraph in response to this.

  15. Assignment 2 Think about your future goals and dreams. What are they? How will you reach them? What will you have to learn? How will you learn it? Write a short paragraph in response to this.

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