Archive for March, 2005

The Socratic Method

The Socratic Method is a very interesting article about teaching a group of third graders binary by asking them questions. Now I need to think about what I can help my kids discover through questions.

Good teaching is more a giving of the right questions than a giving of the right answers.
– J. Albers

Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
– Charles Caleb Colton

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Dealing with a legacy brain…

Dealing with a legacy brain… has some very useful tips for learning stuff, especially stuff that you’re not too excited about. I don’t think I’ve ever try doing a play to assist in memorization, but I have done dramatic readings and the occasional song.