By: Megan Prats 11/23/2013 “It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.” – Charles Darwin Charles Darwin, the author of the Origin of Species and the individual who is credited for popularizing the Theory of Natural Selection, intimately understood the importance of adaptability in […]
By: Megan Prats 1/15/2015 When it comes to the need component of the customized curriculum, a make-or-break factor in the student’s success at 2learn® is how you diagnose what the student needs. Now, sometimes the student is insightful enough to know what she needs but nine times out of ten, the student is either wrong […]
By: Megan Prats 12/21/2013 The customized curriculum at 2learn® touches all aspects of the student’s learning experience, even the materials that the student uses during the lesson and outside of the lesson to complete her homework. Right now 2learn® does not provide materials. We just cannot allow the customized curriculum to reach every aspect of […]
By: Megan Prats 9/10/2014 Is deductive reasoning critical thinking? The critical thinker uses deductive reasoning as a tool to narrow possible solutions down to one or a fewer number of solutions but because deductive reasoning assumes that the right answer exists amongst a finite amount, it confines the possibilities of the conclusion to a fixed number […]
By: Megan Prats 10/9/2015 Linear Learning is cumulative to a certain extent. Thus, for the student to understand a concept normally there are foundational concepts that the student needs to understand first. For instance, in order for the student to understand 16th notes, she normally needs to understand time and then subdividing the time via […]
By: Megan Prats 6/26/2017 Cross-disciplinary problem-solving takes place when the student uses information, methods of thinking, and/or rules from one discipline and applies it to another. Cross-disciplinary problem-solving is an element of critical thinking because it displays that the student sees the infinite realm of knowledge and that the student can reach more areas of it when […]
By: Megan Prats 7/15/2015 Once the student can think critically and thus enter the infinite realm of knowledge what does she see? The critical thinker’s view of the infinite realm of knowledge is similar to a marionettist’s view of the puppet show. The marionettist is one step removed from the action below and thus from […]
By: Megan Prats 01/07/2015 Critical thinking is the gateway to the infinite realm of knowledge. Thus, one way to decipher whether or not the student is using her critical thinking skills is to see where problem-solving takes her. In short, thinking that leads to infinity is critical thinking. Now, in order to assess if the […]
[:en] By: Megan Prats 11/2/2015 2learn® has evolved its definition of critical thinking as its understanding of it has grown. For some time 2learn® has been defining critical thinking as, “the gateway to the infinite realm of knowledge”. However, critical thinking isn’t just opening the student’s mind to the infinite bounds of knowledge, its also about […]
By: Megan Prats 11/18/2014 Advancement in learning has a lot to do with mental coordination as solving more difficult problems requires the student to understand basic concepts all at once. When a student understands the different layers of coordination, she can execute them at the same time seamlessly. So, when a student struggles because of […]
