Secret Life of Learning
Whitney Whealdon, CassandraFor quiet reformers asking what learning really is, how the system distorts it, and whether tech can support something better.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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Deep Structures for Robust Comprehension
As I shared in my last post, SRI’s research brief on comprehension draws a distinction between “robust comprehension” and “surface-level comprehension.” According to the brief (citing Cohen et al.), surface-level or shallow comprehension re...
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Is All Comprehension Equal?
Here are excerpts from my sixth grade book report on To Kill a Mockingbird, circa 1990/91.
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What is striking to me (beyond my use of a typewriter and the phrase “from whence they came”) is how well I can recall the details of...
What Produces Answers
As a teacher, I wanted my students to develop what I called “language sense.” I compared it to “number sense” or numeracy in math, where students have an innate conceptual understanding of how numbers work and are facile with them. I wanted...
Learning Lessons from Technologists
When I joined Learning Tapestry in 2018, my goal was to view learning from a different angle. As I have gone deeper down the technology rabbit hole, there have been many instructive comparisons between technology and learning. The most core...
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Former state education and curriculum leader turned tech translator at Learning Tapestry and co-founder of Wonderwood, the knowledge-building app for curious kids
\ud83c\udf93 Ex-Silicon Valley Software Engineer → Home Educator of Three ✍️ Covering creative education & messy human stuff.
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