The German word 'kindergarten' literally means what?
AnswerChildren's garden
Kinder means children and Garten means garden.
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7 fact-checked facts about education, learning science and the history of schooling, each with the reason behind it. 5 more are in today's round and join this page after it closes.
The basics
Braille is a reading system designed for whom?
AnswerPeople who are blind or have low vision
Braille uses raised dots read by touch.
Going deeper
UNESCO is the United Nations agency for which fields?
AnswerEducation, science and culture
UNESCO stands for the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
What does Bloom's taxonomy classify?
AnswerLevels of learning objectives
It ranks thinking skills from remembering to creating.
The Socratic method teaches mainly through what?
AnswerAsking and answering questions
Socrates led students to insights through questioning.
Expert level
Which psychologist described the 'forgetting curve' in the 1880s?
AnswerHermann Ebbinghaus
Ebbinghaus measured how memory fades over time.
In what year did the US Supreme Court decide Brown v. Board of Education?
Answer1954
The 1954 ruling held that segregated public schools were unconstitutional.
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