What a nice concept and explanation!!

Smart shock is probably something only children get. If only adults would occasionally have a smart shock we would all be in a better place.

Good point Johnson! But I also think that adults don't trust their smart shocks. Perhaps they have lost the confidence somewhere along the line.

this is amazing that Jack shares so many insights with you. You are doing something right Clara!

I think Clara is right that adults get smart shocks too but have lost the confidence to recognize them. We are always asking ourselves, Am I just imagining things? What is the difference?! When we imagine we understand something we probably do. I really
wonder what would happen if people trusted themselves more, maybe problems wouldn't seem so big. I'm just free-associating!

Very clever!!!

That is a novel approach! Teaching Aristotle through nursery rhymes or vice versa?

Interesting approach. I like that include how your son was behaving during "class time." did he get all the points you were making?

Good question about whether Jack "got" all the points. That's one of the reasons I'm keeping these blogs. I will see over time what he learns from our lessons.

Well, this is great but you're basically tutoring one kid. Can this be done with a whole classroom full of kids?

@hs01: You're right. It's much easier to teach one kid at a time. The purpose of these blogs is to record an experiment, not to set a model for classroom application. However, I do think my approach, which is more like the approach used in college classrooms, can be applied to k-12 classrooms with some modification. The main challenge is the behavior one. How do you manage to keep kids from distracting each other with their antics -- that I don't know!

Good point about the main challenge being the behavior one. Of course keeping the kids interested helps with that. Maybe this approach keeps them more interested.... I really don't know.

This is the way to raise smart kids..... Very good teacher.