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Belonging by Geoffrey Cohen
Geoffrey Cohen, a professor of Psychology at Stanford University, explores the science of self and…
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ChatGPT and Beyond: The Best Online Resources for Evaluating Research...
If we’re going to make “research-based” claims about education — and we are! — then…
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“Seductive Details” meet “Retrieval Practice”: A Match Made in Cognitive...
Here’s a common problem: your job today is to teach a boring topic. (You don’t think…
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Starting Class with “Prequestions”: Benefits, Problems, Solutions
We’ve known for many years now that retrieval practice works. That is: after we have…