Tags
ADHD adolescence attention autism book review boundary conditions classroom advice conference speakers constructivism/direct instruction creativity desirable difficulty development dual coding elementary school embodied cognition emotion evolution exercise experts and novices gender high school homework intelligence long-term memory math methodology middle school mind-wandering mindfulness Mindset motivation neuromyths neuroscience online learning parents psychology reading retrieval practice self-control skepticism sleep STEM stress technology working memoryRecent Comments
- How to Present at a Conference... |Education & Teacher Conferences on Enjoyment or Skill? The Case of Reading
- How to Present at a Conference... |Education & Teacher Conferences on Do *Goals* Motivate Students? How about *Feedback*?
- Roberta on Seriously: What Motivates Teachers to Be Funny?
- Revisiting the "Handwriting vs. Laptops" Debate: More Moving Goalposts |Education & Teacher Conferences on Handwritten Notes or Laptop Notes: A Skeptic Converted?
- The Power Of A Growth Mindset: How Students Can Overcome Challenges - Sunshine Blessings on The Rise and Fall and Rise of Growth Mindset
ABOUT THE BLOG
Is “Cell Phone Addiction” Really a Thing?
I recently read a tweet asserting “the fact that cell phones are proven to be…
Learning Without Borders: New Learning Pathways for all Students by...
In Learning Without Borders: New Learning Pathways for all Students, Yong Zhao outlines an ongoing…
The Best Way to Take Class Notes
Teachers often ask me: “how should my students take notes?” That question typically springs from…
What is “Mind, Brain, Education”? Defining the Undefinable…
Here at Learning and the Brain, we bring together psychology (the study of the MIND),…
Changing the System: Where Do We Start?
I recently spent two hours talking with a group of splendid teachers from Singapore about…