Tags
ADHD adolescence attention book review boundary conditions classroom advice conference speakers constructivism/direct instruction creativity desirable difficulty development dual coding education elementary school embodied cognition emotion evolution executive function exercise experts and novices gender high school homework intelligence long-term memory math methodology middle school mindfulness Mindset motivation neuromyths neuroscience online learning parents psychology reading retrieval practice self-control skepticism sleep STEM stress technology working memoryRecent Comments
- Replication Studies: Validating Previous Findings in 2024-2025 - Editverse on Messy Science: How to Prepare Students for the Real World...
- What is a “Growth Mindset”? | Tech, Enterprising Architecture, and Related Topics on The Rise and Fall and Rise of Growth Mindset
- Phenomenological Studies: Exploring Lived Experiences in 2024-2025 on Why We Forget and How to Remember Better by Dr....
- Demystifying the concept of deep work – Gyfted on The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World by...
- The Jigsaw Advantage: Should Students Puzzle It Out? [Repost] |Education & Teacher Conferences on Getting Bossy about Jigsaws; “Don’t Fence Us In”
ABOUT THE BLOG
Monthly Archives: June 2019
![AdobeStock_80919293_Credit](https://www.learningandthebrain.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/AdobeStock_80919293_Credit-768x457.jpg)
Why Do “Learning Styles” Theories Persist? [Updated 6-7-19]
We’re still trying to understand why learning styles theory — although widely debunked — still persists. Could it be because schools of education still support it? Continue reading
![AdobeStock_200236930_Credit](https://www.learningandthebrain.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/AdobeStock_200236930_Credit-768x512.jpg)
Handshakes at the Door: Hype, or Helpful?
It’s not just cute videos! Research also shows that greeting individual students at the classroom door leads to higher levels of attention and fewer classroom disruptions. Continue reading
![AdobeStock_128783839_Credit](https://www.learningandthebrain.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/AdobeStock_128783839_Credit-768x512.jpg)
Constructivism: In The Brain, In The Classroom
Is constructivism a theory of learning, or a theory of teaching? Mike Hobbiss offers a provocative answer. Continue reading