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Too Good to be True: When Research and Values Collide
Let’s start with some quick opinions: Flipped classrooms… … can transform education and foster students’…
New Research: Unrestricted Movement Promotes (Some Kinds of) Creativity
Teachers like creativity. We want our students to learn what has come before, certainly. And,…
The First Three Steps
Early in January, The Times (of London) quoted author Kate Silverton (on Twitter: @KateSilverton) saying:…
A “Noisy” Problem: What If Research Contradicts Students’ Beliefs?
The invaluable Peps Mccrea recently wrote about a vexing problem in education: the “noisy relationship…
Teaching with Images: Worth the Effort?
According to Richard Mayer’s “multimedia principle,” People learn better from words and pictures than from…
Let’s Get Practical: How Fast Should Videos Be?
Research often operates at a highly abstract level. Psychologists and neuroscientists study cognitive “tasks” that…
The Benefits of Direct Instruction: Balancing Theory with Practice
When teachers hear that “research shows we should do X,” we have at least two…
The Best Kind of Practice for Students Depends on the...
In some ways, teaching ought to be straightforward. Teachers introduce new material (by some method…
When Does Technology Distract Students? The Benefits of Research that...
I spoke with several hundred students last week about research-based study strategies. As always, students…
Why I Still Love Learning and the Brain Conferences
I attended my first Learning and the Brain in 2008; I believe the topic was…
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