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Research Summary: The Best and Worst Highlighting Strategies
Does highlighting help students learn? As is so often the case, the answer is: it…
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Let’s Have More Fun with the Correlation/Causation Muddle
We’ve explored the relationship of correlation and causation before on the blog. In particular, this…
“Wait Just a Minute!”: The Benefits of Procrastination?
“A year from now, you’ll wish you had started today.” This quotation, attributed to Karen…
True/False: Grades Motivate Students to Study Better?
The following story is true. (The names have been left out because I’ve forgotten them.)…
Physics and Engineering: My New Year’s Resolution
Over on Twitter, @DylanWilliam wrote: “[P]hysics tells you about the properties of materials but…