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Stories can make any lesson far more powerful
January 10, 2020In the previous post, we saw that story’s sequential flow is a significant element of its power as a...
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How narrative structure aids recall
December 28, 2019Last time, we visited two compelling arguments supporting the notion that narrative facilitates recall. First, stories slide naturally into...
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Why narrative stays so long in our minds
December 9, 2019My recent reflecting on how Paul Revere became a household name in the United States got me thinking once...
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Why we remember Paul Revere
November 24, 2019As I mentioned last time, American grade school children study in considerable detail the events leading up to their...
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Storytelling first, yes, but never to the exclusion of rationality
October 10, 2019This week, a reader comment showed me the need to clarify something I stated in a misleading manner. The...
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Why stories form our native language
September 30, 2019At the end of the last blog entry, I promised to discuss some of the evidence I found that...
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Why stories slide into our memories without effort
August 28, 2019We ended last time with the assertion that moving to narrative-based learning provoked significant, and truly positive, changes in...
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How stories make lessons come alive
August 13, 2019As we mentioned toward the end of the previous post, there were a number of reasons why my students...
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When reality beats theory: why we learn so much from real-life events
July 25, 2019At the end of the last post, I commented that my decision to use the case method – where...