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Guest Post: “My Learning and the Brain Story”
Beth Hawks has taught science for 25 years. She now serves as the science department…
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Classroom Cognition Explained, or, Dual Coding Just Right
The Good News: research into cognitive science can be SPECTACULARLY USEFUL to teachers. (That’s why…
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An Argument Against “Chunking”
Learning and the Brain exists so that we can talk about good teaching together. Although…
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Do Animations Improve Learning? A Definitivie Answer, Please…
Recently I discussed working memory overload with a group of wise and thoughtful teachers. I showed…