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
- 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
- Goals, Failure, and Emotions: a Conceptual Framework |Education & Teacher Conferences on “Learning from Mistakes” vs. “Learning from Explanations”
- From Destruction to Rebuilding: Hope in Science’s Down Cycle on When Analogies Go Wrong: The Benefits of Stress?
- Dual Coding: Boosting Learning Through Words and Images – White Dragon of East County on Visual & Verbal: Welcome to “Dual Coding”
ABOUT THE BLOG

“Embodied Cognition” in Action: Using Gestures to Teach Science
Here’s a topic that has gotten lots of enthusiastic attention in recent years: embodied cognition….

Why We Forget and How to Remember Better by Dr....
Why We Forget and How to Remember Better by Dr. Andrew E. Budson and Dr….

Getting the Principles Just Right: Classroom Decoration
The benefits of classroom decoration seem intuitive. After all, we decorate our homes in order…

Getting the Details Just Right: “Pre-questions”
Teachers, of course, ask students questions. ALL THE TIME with the questions. We ask questions…
Posted in L&B Blog
Leave a comment

Getting the Details Just Right: Highlighting
Because the school year starts right now, I’m using this month’s blog posts to give…