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The Rare Slam Dunk? Blue Light Before Bed

I spend A LOT of time on this blog debunking “research-based” certainties. No, handwriting isn’t…



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When Experience Contradicts Research: The Problem with Certainty

A friend recently told me about his classroom experience using mindfulness to promote thoughtful and…



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Should Students Annotate Their Texts? A Research Perspective

A few years ago, I visited an English Department meeting at a well-known high school….



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Making Room for Impact by Arran Hamilton, John Hattie, and...

Time to make time to teach effectively and efficiently by digging into your practice with…



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Summer Plans: How Best to Use the Next Few Weeks

The summer stretches before you like a beach of relaxing joy. With a guilty-pleasure novel…



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The Best Ways to Use ‘One-Pagers’

In recent years, our field has seen a great increase in ‘one-pagers’: handy summaries of…



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Piece-by-Piece PowerPoint: Exploring the “Dynamic Drawing Principle”

The plan for this blog post: First: I’ll describe a particular teaching practice — one…



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Research Advice That’s New + Useful: Improve Learning by Reappraising...

Research benefits teachers if it gives us new, useful ideas. We can feel relief and…



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Change My Mind, Please!

When was the last time you changed your mind about something important? Perhaps you rethought…



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Getting Bossy about Jigsaws; “Don’t Fence Us In”

Back in February, I wrote about the “Jigsaw method” of teaching. In this strategy, teachers…



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