Sanjay Sarma is the head of Open Learning at MIT. A professor of
mechanical engineering by training, he has worked in the fields of
energy and transportation, computational geometry, and
computer-assisted design, and has been a pioneer in RFID
technology. He has an undergraduate degree from IIT Kanpur as well
as advanced degrees from Carnegie Mellon and the University of
California, Berkeley.
Luke Yoquinto is a science writer who covers learning and
education, as well as aging and demographic change, in his role as
a researcher at the MIT AgeLab. His work can be found in
publications such as The Washington Post, Slate, The Wall Street
Journal, and The Atlantic. He is a graduate of Boston University’s
science journalism program.
“Grasp is an absolute pleasure to read...An important contribution
to the literature on learning science and higher education
change...Grasp can provide the foundations of what
learning-science-informed teaching might look like, with some
fantastic real-world examples.”
—Joshua Kim, Inside Higher Ed
“Compelling...Delightful as well as convincing in its plea that
educators place learning over winnowing and access over
exclusivity.”
—Kirkus (starred review)
“A remarkable book, both lively and scholarly. I strongly recommend
it for anyone interested in the history of ideas about learning and
who is interested in improving teaching and learning.”
—Henry L. Roediger, III, coauthor of Make it Stick
“An amazing book...The authors provide an overview of the neural
and cognitive processes that support learning…They make a
convincing case that students have an amazing capacity to
learn.”
—Robert A. Bjork, Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology,
UCLA
“Sarma's book may be the most important work on education written
this century.”
—Chris Edwards, The Skeptic
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