The idea that tailoring a teaching method toward students' particular abilities isn't necessarily going to make them learn the information better is actually a myth. However, there are certain individual differences that do matter. Some people are better learning independently. They want to be kind of left alone. Others need a more structured approach and they need more scaffolding or help along the way.
How do our brains learn? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Dave Bakker learn about learning at the Pocketlab Science Is Cool Virtual Unconference with neuroscientist Heather Berlin, PhD.
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