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Do *Goals* Motivate Students? How about *Feedback*?
Motivation has been a HOT TOPIC this year in all the schools I’ve visited. Everywhere…
Just Tell Them: The Power of Explanations and Explicit Teaching...
The sage-on-the-stage is not the enemy. For years, educators have been told that the best…
Attention Must Be Paid
This guest review of Blake Harvard’s Do I Have Your Attention is written by Justin Cerenzia….
Enjoyment or Skill? The Case of Reading
Do we want our students to ENJOY math, or to BE SKILLED AT math? At…
Still Doubting My Doubts: The Case of PBL
Last week, I described my enduring concerns about “embodied cognition.” I’m not sure I understand the…
Doubting My Doubts; The Case of Gesture and Embodied Cognition
The more time I spend hearing “research-informed educational advice,” the more I worry about the enticing…
Teaching & Learning Illuminated by Bradley Busch, Edward Watson, &...
From The Science of Learning, Bradley Busch, Edward Watson, and Ludmila Bogatchek have kicked it…
Revisiting the “Handwriting vs. Laptops” Debate: More Moving Goalposts
I don’t often repost articles, but I think this one deserves another look — for…
Goals, Failure, and Emotions: a Conceptual Framework
Researchers can provide guidance to teachers by looking at specific teaching practices. In last week’s…
“Learning from Mistakes” vs. “Learning from Explanations”
As I wrote last week, thinkers in edu-world often make strong claims at the expense…