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Rationality by Steven Pinker
Over the last couple of years, we have often felt like the world is losing…
The Goldilocks Map by Andrew Watson
The Goldilocks Map: A Classroom Teacher’s Quest to Evaluate ‘Brain-Based’ Teaching Advice is an entertaining…
The Benefits of Direct Instruction: Balancing Theory with Practice
When teachers hear that “research shows we should do X,” we have at least two…
Learning Science for Instructional Designers by Clark Quinn
Learning Science for Instructional Designers: From Cognition to Application is a wonderful synthesis of the…
Learning Without Borders: New Learning Pathways for all Students by...
In Learning Without Borders: New Learning Pathways for all Students, Yong Zhao outlines an ongoing…
Good Anxiety: Harnessing the Power of the Most Misunderstood Emotion...
Good Anxiety: Harnessing the Power of the Most Misunderstood Emotion takes a refreshing look at…
The Power of Making Thinking Visible: Practice to Engage and...
Imagine how schools might be different if educators focused on the process rather than product…
Learn Like a Pro: Science-Based Tools to Become Better at...
With the school year starting in just a couple of weeks, Learn Like a Pro:…
Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycle...
Even before the increase in mental health challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we were…
Beyond Slogans and Posters: The Science of Student Motivation
In many cases, cognitive science offers clear teaching advice. You’re curious about working memory? We’ve…