A young student with long dark hair stands pensively by a school hallway window, clutching a green notebook and wearing a blue scarf over her white uniform shirt. Her expression appears troubled or thoughtful as she gazes outside. In the background, other uniformed students interact in the corridor. The image captures a moment of isolation or contemplation within the busy school environment, suggesting themes of teenage emotional challenges in educational settings.

(How) Do Emotions Affect Learning?

When a conference speaker announces that “a student’s emotions matter for their learning,” few teachers…



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Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick

The first time I caught a student using ChatGPT to write their paper, I felt……



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Book Review: Primary Reading Simplified, by Christopher Such

Today’s guest book review is by Kim Lockhart. Finding a new favourite book, one that…



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How to Present at a Conference…

I spend most of my professional life talking in front of groups of people. Specifically,…



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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…



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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…



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Attention Must Be Paid

This guest review of Blake Harvard’s Do I Have Your Attention is written by Justin Cerenzia….



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Enjoyment or Skill? The Case of Reading

Do we want our students to ENJOY math, or to BE SKILLED AT math? At…



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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…



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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…



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