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Still Doubting My Doubts: The Case of PBL

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

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, &...

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

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

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

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“Learning from Mistakes” vs. “Learning from Explanations”

As I wrote last week, thinkers in edu-world often make strong claims at the expense…

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“All People Learn the Same Way”: Exploring a Debate

Over on eX/Twitter, a debate has been raging — with all the subtlety and nuance…

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Difference Maker: Enacting Systems Theory in Biology Teaching, by Christian...

Today’s book review is by Beth Hawks. Teaching Science is a Challenge Science classes cover…

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Hope for Cynics by Jamil Zaki

When I first picked up Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness by…

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“AHA!”: A Working Memory Story…

Teachers, students, people: we spend lots of our time figuring stuff out. Sometimes, we do that…