Finally, Education Technology based on real research

http://anniemurphypaul.com/2013/01/finally-tech-products-based-on-real-research-from-the-science-of-learning/

by cicero • 14 years ago

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tokenadult• 14 years ago

I like this author a lot. The original article she cites

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21628965.000-app-for-q...

was submitted to HN (no comments) a little while ago

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4993060

after I saw the author post it to Facebook, where she is my friend. We may as well discuss the report here in this thread.

kylemathews• 14 years ago

Uhhhh... there's a gazillion products based on "spaced repetition" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced_repetition

cicero• 14 years ago

"I haven’t seen any commercial products that put together all these different things" (emphasis mine). There appears to be more to Cerego than simple spaced repetition, but I can't tell exactly what right now because it is in limited beta.

I used "Mental Case" on the iPhone a few years ago, and it had a simple implementation of spaced repetition, but it did not adjust itself to my progress very well. I would like to find something better; if you know of anything specific besides the Wikipedia article, please post it.

Turing_Machine• 14 years ago

"The amount of information we need to retain is growing rapidly"

Like the capital of Maryland? I would argue that the need to retain that type of information is in rapid decline, not rapid growth.

The likelihood of me needing to know the capital of Maryland in a situation where I don't have access to Google is minute.

Seriously, I have computers and books to offload this type of trivial information.

That said, I learned the state capitals in third grade and do and still remember them. I just question whether that was a good use of my prime learning years.

Finally, Education Technology based on real research

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