Minasuk/ October 6, 2016/ Uncategorized

‘We need human interaction’: meet the LA man who walks people for a living | The Guardian | September 2016 He walks humans for $7 a mile around the streets and park near his home, pioneering an alternative to dog walking that requires no leash, just an ability to walk, talk and, above all, listen.

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Why We Should Memorize | The New Yorker | January 2013 The best argument for verse memorization may be that it provides us with knowledge of a qualitatively and physiologically different variety: you take the poem inside you, into your brain chemistry if not your blood, and you know it at a deeper, bodily level than if you simply read

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Minasuk/ May 16, 2016/ Uncategorized

The Impact of Computer Usage on Academic Performance: Evidence from a Randomized Trial at the United States Military Academy | May 2016 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology via Inside Higher Ed As reported by Inside Higher Ed: When faculty members at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point took away students’ computers and tablets in an introductory economics courses, their

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Minasuk/ May 14, 2016/ Uncategorized

Books are back: Printed book sales rise for first time in four years as ebooks suffer decline | The Telegraph | May 2016 This year’s annual report shows physical book sales up to £2.76 billion in 2015 from £2.748 billion in 2014. Digital sales dropped from £563m to £554m, the first year-on-year fall since 2011 when PA started measuring e-book

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Minasuk/ May 5, 2016/ Uncategorized

New study shows computers in class distract both users and non-users | Radio Canada International | August 2013 A new study showed that laptop use in class can result in lower grades for students.

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Who Needs Handwriting? | Freakonomics | February 2016 The digital age is making pen and paper seem obsolete. But what are we giving up if we give up on handwriting?

Minasuk/ May 5, 2016/ Uncategorized

A Learning Secret: Don’t Take Notes with a Laptop | Scientific American | June 2014 Students who used longhand remembered more and had a deeper understanding of the material.

Minasuk/ May 3, 2016/ Uncategorized

The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens | Scientific American | April 2013 E-readers and tablets are becoming more popular as such technologies improve, but research suggests that reading on paper still boasts unique advantages