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The Trad/Prog Debate Gets Weird
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The founder and director of the Emotional and Self-Control Laboratory at the University of Michigan,…

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My Detective Adventure: “VR Will Transform Education”
A friend recently sent me a link to an article with a click-baity headline: something…

How Teachers Can Use Neuroscience in Education
I recently saw two very different looks at neuroscience and learning, and I thought they…