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Should Teachers Be Excited about “Neural Synchrony”?
This blog — and this company — exist to give good advice to everyone who…
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Improving Multiple-Choice Questions: A Thought-Provoking Pause
Many teachers carry strong ambivalence about multiple-choice questions (handy abbreviation: MCQs). On the one hand,…
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Insight into a Bright Mind by Nicole Tetreault
Insight into a Bright Mind: A Neuroscientist’s Personal Stories of Unique Thinking is a profoundly…
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Just In Case: Improving Online Learning
We teachers benefit A LOT from research-based guidance, but we do have to acknowledge a few…
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Graphic Disorganizers; or, When Should Teachers Decorate Handouts?
Teachers regularly face competing goals. For instance: On the one hand — obviously — we…