About the Author

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.

Reviews

“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