Monday 22 December 2014

Why Curiosity Enhances Learning

by Marianne Stenger, Edutopia


Instilling students with a strong desire to know or learn something is what every teacher lives for, and research has even shown that curiosity is just as important as intelligence in determining how well students do in school. But how much do we really know about its role in the learning process? Recently, researchers from the University of California, Davis conducted a series of experiments to discover what exactly goes on in the brain when our curiosity is aroused.


http://www.edutopia.org/blog/why-curiosity-enhances-learning-marianne-stenger


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