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Yearly Archives: 2017
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The Effect of Alcohol on Learning…
…might not be what you’d expect. My prediction would have been that if I have…
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Innovating Minds: Rethinking Creativity to Inspire Change by Wilma Koutstaal...
How can creativity and innovation give rise to positive changes in ourselves and the world…
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Criticizing Critical Thinking
Over at Newsweek, Alexander Nazaryan wants to vex you. Here’s a sample: Only someone who…
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Lighten the Load
You’d like an 8 page summary of Cognitive Load Theory, written in plain English for…
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How Best to Count
Should young children count on their fingers when learning math? You can find strong opinions…
Resources for “Desirable Difficulties”
Here on the blog, we write a lot about desirable difficulties: that elusive middle ground…
Finding Inspiration for Retrieval Practice
Like you, the Effortful Educator knows that retrieval practice benefits learning. But: how to get…
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Lefty or Righty?
You’ve surely heard about students being left-brained or right-brained. And: you’ve probably heard that this…
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How Best to Take Notes: A Public Service Announcement
The school year is beginning, and so you’re certainly seeing many (MANY) articles about the debate…
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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst...
Humans are capable of horrifying aggression, dehumanization, destruction, and violence and at the same time…
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