@aasforum.bsky.socialCarl Wieman: learning complicated expertise works best by breaking it into pieces — the music teacher doesn't say "Go play a Haydn symphony," but "worry about how you hold your fingers on the violin."
Full talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPpKrp87SHE
@aasforum.bsky.socialCarl Wieman: across science and engineering fields, experts solving problems make "the same 29 decisions used over and over."
Full talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPpKrp87SHE
@aasforum.bsky.socialCarl Wieman: learning rewires the brain — MRI imaging shows a trained radiologist reading an X-ray activates the brain in a completely different way than a medical student just learning to.
Full talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPpKrp87SHE
@aasforum.bsky.socialCarl Wieman: same instructors, same intro CS course — switching from lectures to research-based teaching cut drop-and-failure rates to about a third of before.
Full talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPpKrp87SHE