Sinduja Ragunathan

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  • Getting to the Basics — Dyslexia

    For the last few weeks, I have been busy with a course. It is called Remedial Measures for Children with Specific Learning Disability. Put together by the Madras Dyslexic Association, it is a great introduction to the techniques that teachers who do not have detailed knowledge of dyslexia to be able to apply specific techniques.…

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    July 20, 2022
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  • “But Why?” — The Puzzling Curves and Arcs of Kids’ Geometry Lessons

    I couldn’t find a single video that explained why drawing those arcs bisected the line.

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    July 20, 2022
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  • Are Schools Still Relevant?

    In her article on Ed Set Go, talks about the importance of unstructured learning. In many ways, unstructured learning is real learning. Learning that happens organically. Only, there are two problems–can we relied on to go for unstructured learning on a long-term basis or will we just jump to whatever catches our fancy? What exactly…

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    June 25, 2022
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  • Metacognition and the Future of Learning

    “If a prisoner is happy and content, is that man free?” It’s a question you might probably expect to hear in undergrad philosophy classes. But the question was actually posed to a group of six-year-olds. Metacognition, briefly put, is thinking about thinking. “Before, I never used to think. I used to be ooh shallow guy.…

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    June 25, 2022
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  • Einstein Inaugurates the Website

    A human being is part of the whole, called by us “Universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest–a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to…

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    June 25, 2022
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