Cognitive Development Knowledge Language 
k12 Digest
JULY 24, 2025
By reimagining chemistry education through the lens of literacy development, we can cultivate learners who are not only proficient in chemical knowledge but also capable of engaging with molecular phenomena in ways that are meaningful, relevant, and empowering. Cognitive development: The learning brain.
k12 Digest
JULY 24, 2025
By reimagining chemistry education through the lens of literacy development, we can cultivate learners who are not only proficient in chemical knowledge but also capable of engaging with molecular phenomena in ways that are meaningful, relevant, and empowering. Cognitive development: The learning brain.
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Edsurge
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
While we often don’t think of ourselves as brain changers, when we teach we have an enormous impact on our students’ cognitive development. For example, the predominant language (or languages) and familiar faces, voices and objects will become the data the brain uses to build new cortical maps and their interconnections.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 23, 2018
However, if we define personalization as deeply understanding each individual’s unique experience, passions, strengths and areas for growth and then tailoring learning experiences based on that knowledge, then it requires an approach that meets the needs of the whole child. math, literacy, science, social studies, foreign language, art).
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Cognitive, motor, language and social skills, among others, are beginning to develop as children learn about their world, learn how to communicate and start to make friends. The early years in a child’s life are a time of discovery. That’s part of a troublesome trend that may require more adult vigilance.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 11, 2019
These block-based programming languages utilize a low floor, high ceiling approach , meaning the technology is accessible enough for learners of all ages and abilities to participate and engaging enough so that users can build expertise and do more complex projects with time and experience. Shift the focus to exposure, rather than knowledge.
Edsurge
AUGUST 3, 2016
Constructionism,” a term Seymour coined in the mid-’80s in connection with the academic work on LOGO, (the children’s computer programming language) and the education movement it spawned, became the basis for our work together at the MIT Media Lab (described in a book we published in 1991). Seymour’s genius goes far beyond the academic.
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