Education Conferences

How to Present at a Conference…

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: April 6, 2025

I spend most of my professional life talking in front of groups of people. Specifically,…

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Do *Goals* Motivate Students? How about *Feedback*?

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: March 30, 2025

Motivation has been a HOT TOPIC this year in all the schools I’ve visited. Everywhere…

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Just Tell Them: The Power of Explanations and Explicit Teaching...

Erik Jahner, PhD
by: Erik Jahner, PhD
Posted on: March 25, 2025

The sage-on-the-stage is not the enemy. For years, educators have been told that the best…

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Attention Must Be Paid

by: Guest Blogger
Posted on: March 23, 2025

This guest review of Blake Harvard’s Do I Have Your Attention is written by Justin Cerenzia….

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Enjoyment or Skill? The Case of Reading

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: March 16, 2025

Do we want our students to ENJOY math, or to BE SKILLED AT math? At…

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Still Doubting My Doubts: The Case of PBL

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: March 9, 2025

Last week, I described my enduring concerns about “embodied cognition.” I’m not sure I understand the…

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Doubting My Doubts; The Case of Gesture and Embodied Cognition

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: March 2, 2025

The more time I spend hearing “research-informed educational advice,” the more I worry about the enticing…

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Teaching & Learning Illuminated by Bradley Busch, Edward Watson, &...

Erik Jahner, PhD
by: Erik Jahner, PhD
Posted on: February 24, 2025

From The Science of Learning, Bradley Busch, Edward Watson, and Ludmila Bogatchek have kicked it…

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Revisiting the “Handwriting vs. Laptops” Debate: More Moving Goalposts

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: February 23, 2025

I don’t often repost articles, but I think this one deserves another look — for…

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Goals, Failure, and Emotions: a Conceptual Framework

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: February 16, 2025

Researchers can provide guidance to teachers by looking at specific teaching practices. In last week’s…