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Should Teachers Be Excited about “Neural Synchrony”?
This blog — and this company — exist to give good advice to everyone who…
Improving Multiple-Choice Questions: A Thought-Provoking Pause
Many teachers carry strong ambivalence about multiple-choice questions (handy abbreviation: MCQs). On the one hand,…
Just In Case: Improving Online Learning
We teachers benefit A LOT from research-based guidance, but we do have to acknowledge a few…
Graphic Disorganizers; or, When Should Teachers Decorate Handouts?
Teachers regularly face competing goals. For instance: On the one hand — obviously — we…
To Insta or Not to Insta: That Is the Memory...
Here in the US, we’re having something of a national debate about the benefits/harms of…
I Am a Doctrinaire Extremist; S/he Is a Thoughtful Moderate
I recently had an email exchange with an educational thinker and leader who has spent…
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Does Mind-Wandering Harm Learning?
If you teach children for several hours a day, you just know that sometimes they’re…
“Writing By Hand Fosters Neural Connections…”
Imagine this conversation that you and I might have: ANDREW: The fastest way to drive…
Weather Forecasting and Cognitive Science
I live in Boston, and we just had an ENORMOUS snow storm. TWELVE INCHES of…
Constructivism, or Constructivism, Part II
Last week, I wrote about the often-testy debates that surround “constructivism.” One possible cause for…