Yearly Archives: 2016

Reproducing Research Results

This video, from TedEd, helpfully outlines many of the reasons it can be difficult to…



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LaTB Stories #1: Alex W.

My name is Alex Wonnell, aka Wonz.  I work in a middle school in Burlington,…



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Tech in the Classroom: Is Virtual Reality Likely to Help...

Educators have long hoped that that technology holds great promise to move the educational system…



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The View from the Podium

Every wonder what it’s like to plan a Big Room presentation for Learning and the Brain?…



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Click Here: The Technology of Retrieval Practice in the Classroom

Back in the dark ages, when I was just cutting my teaching teeth, we teachers…



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Parent-Child Interactions: Forming Beliefs About Intelligence

It is common knowledge that parents play a vital role in their children’s development. However,…



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Can Our Evolutionary Past Help Shape Our Classrooms’ Future?

Humans are genetically adapted for learning. The transmission of information, skills, culture, and knowledge from…



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The World’s Obsession With Plastic May Damage Developing Brains

It’s easy to look at the past and guffaw at human negligence related to healthy…



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Counting What Counts: Reframing Education Evaluation by Yong Zhao

In our quest to assess and compare educational outcomes of students, teachers, schools, districts, states,…



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The 2016 Transforming Education Through Neuroscience Award Was Presented on...

Boston, MA – Dr. Kou Murayama from the University of Reading was presented with the…



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