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Dan welcomes Dr Kimberly Berens, founder of Fit Learning  and CEO of Fit Learning Online and author of Blind Spots: Why Students Fail and the Science That Can Save Them.

Fit Learning is a powerful system of instruction based in behavioural science and the Technology of Teaching, and it aims to transform the learning abilities of children, which it does in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia.

To find out more about Fit Learning, go to:
http://fitlearningonline.com/

In the podcast, they discuss:

• How Kimberly found watching her son's experience of being coached filled her with horror
• How there's too much talk and not enough practice
• Why measuring progress is vital
• The key to learning through reinforcement
• The huge variability in the learning process
• Simple methods of counting to help check individual progress and what you need to do next when you know the results
• What you need to master and why
• How to differentiate across a larger group
• Helping parents help their children to "work harder" without becoming too bossy

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