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Cultural Field Trips: Do They Really Enhance SEL?
Here at Learning and the Brain, we like research-informed teaching suggestions. At the same time,…
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Should We Teach Math and English the Same Way?
Because we teachers are a busy lot, we sometimes want simplicity and clarity: “I’m honestly…
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When Prior Knowledge Bites Back: The Dangers of Knowing Too...
In this blog, we typically highlight the benefits of prior knowledge. For example: if a…
Practical Advice for Students: How to Make Good Flashcards
Flashcards feel to me like a research sweet-spot. In the first place: for the most…
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…
Starting Class with “Prequestions”: Benefits, Problems, Solutions
We’ve known for many years now that retrieval practice works. That is: after we have…
The Trad/Prog Debate Gets Weird
Few debates rage hotter in education circles than that between educational progressives and educational traditionalists….
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CHATTER BY ETHAN KROSS
The founder and director of the Emotional and Self-Control Laboratory at the University of Michigan,…