How do children learn new things? In the Season 3 finale of Reading Road Trip, IDA Ontario’s podcast, Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden talks with host Kate about the science of learning and human behavior. Most of the conversation is about how kids pick up new skills. Dr. VanDerHeyden explains the instructional hierarchy, which describes how learning moves from acquiring a skill to building fluency to using it in new situations. She also explains incremental rehearsal, a way to practice new material mixed in with items students already know.
The show is about reading, but these ideas apply to every subject, math included.