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Learning How to Learn: Optimists and Realists
In schools, optimism helps teachers a lot. At the beginning of the year, my students…
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Introducing “Schema Theory”
In the last few years, I’ve increasingly wondered if “schema theory” just might work a…
Should students “teach” other students?
You will often hear about an exciting strategy to help students learn: they should teach one another….
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How Teaching Happens by Paul Paul Kirschner, Carl Hendrick, and...
Who would have thought that a book about teaching could begin with a discussion of…
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Oops, Twitter Did It Again: Creativity and the “Positive Manifold”
I’ve written before that edu-Twitter can be a great help to teachers. I myself regularly…
Have I Been Spectacularly Wrong for Years, Part 2 [Removed...
On Sunday of this week, I published my response to my interview with Dr. Morgan…
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The Best Place to Study…Depends on the Goal
A wise friend recently asked a question that goes something like this: Research shows that…
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Should Teachers Explain or Demonstrate?
If I were a chess teacher, I would want my newbies to understand … ……
Book Review: Teaching Secondary Science, by Adam Boxer
Let’s start by making this simple: First: You should absolutely buy Adam Boxer’s Teaching Secondary…
Outsmart Your Brain by Daniel Willingham
Aligning with my work in this area, Daniel Willingham’s influential insights have greatly contributed to…