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Summer Plans: How Best to Use the Next Few Weeks...
Our blogger is on vacation. While he’s away, this post — which first appeared in…
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The Jigsaw Advantage: Should Students Puzzle It Out? [Repost]
This post got a LOT of attention when our blogger first wrote it back in…
“Students Simply Cannot Improve”: Handwritten Notes vs. Laptop Notes
I disagree with the title of this blog post. I believe students CAN improve at…
A Skeptic Converted? The Benefits of Narrative
Let’s imagine that I tell you about a cool new research finding: singing helps students learn!…
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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…
When Experience Contradicts Research: The Problem with Certainty
A friend recently told me about his classroom experience using mindfulness to promote thoughtful and…
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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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…