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Yearly Archives: 2019
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Does Banning Classroom Technology Improve Engagement? Learning?
A study looking a technology ban in a classroom yielded puzzling results, and insightful recommendations. Continue reading
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Critical Thoughts on Teaching Critical Thinking
We can teach critical thinking within disciplines — especially when students master information, and practice core skills. Can we teach more general critical thinking skills? Continue reading
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Obsessed with Working Memory: Anticipating Overload
Once we can define working memory and understand its importance, teachers help students learn by ANTICIPATING working memory overload. Here’s how we do that. Continue reading
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Growing Mindsets in Argentina?
A study with 12th graders in Argentina highlights an important message about Growth Mindset: doing one thing once is unlikely to have much of an effect. Continue reading
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Obsessed with Working Memory, Part II
Working memory allows students to hold and combine information. (We call that “learning.”) What 3 essential facts about working memory should shape our approach to teaching? Continue reading
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Beyond the Mouse: Pointing in Online Lectures
When teachers use gestures appropriately in online learning, students learn more. Continue reading
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Obsessed With Working Memory: Part I
When I attended my first Learning and the Brain conference, I had never even heard of…
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Does Smartphone Addiction Boost Anxiety and Depression?
Despite all the scary headlines, research on cell-phone usage relies on self-report. And: people are very bad at remembering how much they actually use their phones. We simply don’t yet know much from research about their effects. Continue reading
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Debunking Education Myths (Without Accidentally Reinforcing Them…)
Enduring education myths get in the way of student learning. Happily, we have concrete strategies to rebut those myths — without unintentionally making them seem more persuasive. Continue reading
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Powerful Evidence: Self-Control Training Works — and Changes Brains
Both survey data and fMRI neuroimaging suggest that a program to help poor children develop self-control skills had real benefits over many years. Continue reading