Collective intelligence is “a phenomenon in sociology where a shared or group intelligence emerges from the collaboration and competition of many individuals” (dictionary.com). Collaborative learning in the classroom is when a group of students work...More

The development of the "social mind" is the ability to read people and situations and respond accordingly. Autistic children, however, often lag behind their peers in emotional intelligence. In fact, many times a child's lack of eye contact or aware...More

An interesting example of constructivism in education is the “unschooling movement”. Cope & Kalantzis explain in New Learning:

"The naturalistic inclinations of these approaches suit them to what we have earlier in this book called ‘authentic e...More

Does speed matter?

After playing around with online IQ tests this week, and noticing how I score substantially worse on timed vs untimed IQ tests, I wondered what part does speed play in a child’s learning? What skills do we want children to perfor...More