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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…
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…