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The Best Length of Time for a Class [Repost]
Quite consistently, this post has been among the most searched for and most popular on…
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Laptop Notes or Handwritten Notes? Even the New York Times...
Which helps students learn more: handwritten notes, or laptop notes? The best-known research on the subject might surprise you… Continue reading
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Growing Mindsets in Argentina? [Repost]
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 [Reposted]
I’m on vacation for the month of August, and so we’ll be reposting some of…