Make a prediction
Say what you expect and why. That gives you something specific to compare with what happens.
Ideas for teaching, learning and everyday life
Learning how
to learn.
Learning how
to think.
Understanding something unfamiliar. Working through a problem. Finding a better way to help someone learn.
Ken Schneider shares the ideas and experiences behind his approach to developing capability and confidence.
More than arriving at an answer
What can we become
able to do?
Following an explanation and being able to use it are different achievements. We need opportunities to investigate, attempt the work, examine the result and understand what to do when it does not match our expectations.
These ideas run through the book and the Forge Discovery course. They offer ways to help students take a more active part in learning, and ways readers can approach unfamiliar work in their own lives.
Examine the evidence
Look closely at the result. Work out what it establishes and what you still need to investigate.
Learn from the attempt
Explain what changed in your understanding and consider how it can help you with the next task.
The companion course
A game to build.
Much more to learn.
Forge Discovery brings these educational ideas into a connected series of discussions, investigations and Java programming activities. Students develop the Discovery game while working out approaches, testing ideas and learning from mistakes.
The course includes the teaching materials another instructor needs to prepare and teach it.
See what the course includesFor more than the classroom
Take what makes
sense to you.
Educators can draw on the ideas in their own teaching. Parents can use them when helping their children. Students and other readers can consider how they apply to their studies, work and everyday lives.
You do not need to know Java or teach Forge to read the book.
Meet Ken Schneider