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John Jensen is a former Army Officer in Counter-Intelligence, Catholic priest, and retired licensed clinical psychologist. He has published Effective Classroom Turnaround: Practice Makes Permanent, and other books on education and social change.

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SHARE More Sharing        Monday, February 16, 2026
Dr. Jensen's Method Part 3. Mastery Depends on Practice All skills develop by practice, and the same applies to knowledge. For mastering their subjects, students need to explain them to each other, an activity that also meets their needs for competence and reciprocity.
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, February 14, 2026
Dr. Jensen's Method: Part 2. How to Learn Difficult Material Perfectly and Permanently A method for perfect memory--deepened by recalling the material at expanding intervals.
Series: Dr. Jensen's Method (2 Articles, 650 views)
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Dr. Jensen's Method: The Flaw at the Core of US Education A century ago U.S. educators accepted familiarity instead of mastery as the instructional objective, following John Dewey's ideas. The system advises students in many ways that they are free to discard their knowledge. Millions of adults are functionally illiterate or reading no better than a grade school level.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, February 8, 2026
Stupidity and the Change Process Stupidity, a failure of moral reasoning, underlies society's problems. It invites a return to founding national values as fundamental for substantial change. The outreach required to accomplish that depends on understanding how to initiate and expand a large, organized effort.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Twelve Factors for Group Success: A Summary Outline This is a precis of a longer document, Twelve Factors for Group Success. 1. BEGINNING: vision, asking, marginal gains, multiplying. 2. DEVELOPMENT: learning, connection, communication skills, action. 3. MAINTAINING: planning, mutual support, accountability, commitment.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Communications for Outreach An array of details to assimilate that aid effective communication, especially for outreach.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, January 28, 2026
What Democrats Need to Do Now In light of damaging values supported by the Trump administration, this article proposes an urgency to address people's understanding of and commitment to national values. Though the need applies to Republicans as well, Democrats need to take the lead in bringing people together for organized outreach to all voters concerning the values at stake.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, January 27, 2026
A Communications Breakthrough A method of group communication that eliminates customary barriers to exchanging ideas, and quickly enables people to feel comfortable and connected, A valuable result is how easily people overcome differences.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 26, 2026
Why are Religions in Such Conflict? An analysis of a millennial problem, the conflict among religions. It proposes an explanation based on the nature of faith and two qualities of human nature.

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