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Kinda Learning Stuff: Stabilisers vs. balance bike...
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A blog recording interesting technology or learning-related snippets. or anything else that takes my fancy. If it makes me stop and think, it'll probably end up here! Monday, March 19, 2012. Stabilisers vs. balance bike. When my son was about three, rather than getting him a bike with stabilisers we bought him a balance bike. How much fun did he have on that? And the speed he got up to! I'm wondering whether scaffolding students' learning is the wrong approach. Or even vaguely make sense? Great post, tha...
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The Squid Tank: The Irony of Training Wheels
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Musings of a Street Rider. Thursday, April 30, 2009. The Irony of Training Wheels. Like Riding a Bike. The other day, I was coming home from work and saw a bunch of kids out riding their bikes. These kids were probably between 6 and 8 years old. It strikes me as odd that kids learn countersteering instinctively, despite all our attempts to teach them incorrectly. Countersteering in a Nutshell. Direction that you want to turn in. This action destabilizes the bike, essentially "steering the wheels out ...