Grasp
By Sanjay Sarma
With Luke Yoquinto. The Science Transforming How We Learn. Hachette, 2020.
Summary of Grasp book by Sanjay Sarma
A sweeping lesson on the scientific breakthroughs that are both reframing educational philosophies and revolutionizing teaching, from the nitty-gritty of neurons to the mysteries of memory.
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What do you get from this book? A look inside both the brain’s learning circuits and our imperfect education systems
IQ tests are affected by our environment, while mainstream schooling divides students’ abilities by inaccurate measures
Edward Thorndike’s statistical approach to education prevailed over John Dewey’s practical ideas, putting right-or-wrong testing at the heart of teaching
The “spacing effect” is often neglected by students but is shown to improve recall in even the simplest creatures
The “systems level” of cognitive analysis reveals that curiosity can be a memory-making fundamental drive as powerful as eating
Making learning more intuitive will require drawing on the insights of both outside-in and inside-out educational psychologists
As one law school’s miraculous results demonstrate, students benefit when they learn how to learn
From the 1700s to John Belcher’s TEAL system, student-to-student teaching shows classrooms can be rearranged to improve every pupil’s performance
Inside-out or outside-in, good education systems today need to be scalable and serve people from all backgrounds
MIT’s recent leap into online education—MITx—offers an example of how to make quality learning more widely available
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Who should read Grasp book
- those interested in educational reform
- brain science buffs
- the curious
About the author of Grasp
Sanjay Sarma
Sanjay Sarma is the Vice President of Open Learning at MIT, as well as a professor of mechanical engineering. He was instrumental in the development of RFID technology and the “Internet of Things.” His other publications include The Inversion Factor (2017).
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