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Grasp

Grasp

By Sanjay Sarma

With Luke Yoquinto. The Science Transforming How We Learn. Hachette, 2020.

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13 Key insights

A brief summary of Grasp

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.

Key insights in Grasp

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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
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IQ tests are affected by our environment, while mainstream schooling divides students’ abilities by inaccurate measures
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Edward Thorndike’s statistical approach to education prevailed over John Dewey’s practical ideas, putting right-or-wrong testing at the heart of teaching
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The “spacing effect” is often neglected by students but is shown to improve recall in even the simplest creatures
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The “systems level” of cognitive analysis reveals that curiosity can be a memory-making fundamental drive as powerful as eating
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Making learning more intuitive will require drawing on the insights of both outside-in and inside-out educational psychologists
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As one law school’s miraculous results demonstrate, students benefit when they learn how to learn
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From the 1700s to John Belcher’s TEAL system, student-to-student teaching shows classrooms can be rearranged to improve every pupil’s performance
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Inside-out or outside-in, good education systems today need to be scalable and serve people from all backgrounds
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MIT’s recent leap into online education—MITx—offers an example of how to make quality learning more widely available
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Summary of the key insights
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Selected critiques in brief
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Final word

Who should read Grasp

Teachers • students • those interested in educational reform • brain science buffs • the curious

About the author of Grasp

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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