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Why Don’t Students Like School? (2nd. ed.) by Daniel T....

Why don’t students like school? Daniel T. Willingham, Professor of Psychology at the University of…



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Let’s Talk! How Teachers & Researchers Can Think and Work...

Once you say it out loud, it’s so obvious: Teachers benefit from learning about psychology…



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A Beacon in the Mindset Wilderness

For a few years now, I’ve been in the Mindset wilderness. Three years ago, I…



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“Compared to What”: Is Retrieval Practice Really Better?

When teachers turn to brain research, we want to know: which way is better? Are handwritten…



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Making “Learning Objectives” Explicit: A Skeptic Converted?

Teachers have long gotten guidance that we should make our learning objectives explicit to our…



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