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How to Capture Students’ Attention for Online Readings (tl;dr)
When do students focus while reading online? When do they lose focus and let their minds…
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Back in 2010, three scholars published a widely-discussed paper on “Power Poses.” The headlines: when…
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Does Chewing Gum Improve Memory and Learning?
I recently read a striking Twitter claim from a well-known teacher: chewing gum helps memory…
Jerome Kagan: A Teacher’s Appreciation
A guest post, by Rob McEntarffer I didn’t get to learn about Jerome Kagan (1929-2021)…
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…
“Compared to What”: Is Retrieval Practice Really Better?
When teachers turn to brain research, we want to know: which way is better? Are handwritten…
Making “Learning Objectives” Explicit: A Skeptic Converted?
Teachers have long gotten guidance that we should make our learning objectives explicit to our…