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The Neural Effects of Media Multitasking
If you’re attending Learning and the Brain’s “Merging Minds and Technology” Conference in November, you’re…
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Neuroscience and Neuromyths
Does neuroscience education help reduce a teacher’s belief in neuromyths? According to this recent study:…
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Parents, High School Start Times, and Sleepy Teens
Research findings that support later high-school start times have been more and more common in…
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More Thoughts on Gender Differences
Regular readers of this blog know that I’m a skeptic about gender differences in learning….
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Decisions, Decisions: Helping Students with Complex Reasoning
Most of us have heard the adage about the two ways that someone can get…
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The Effect of Alcohol on Learning…
…might not be what you’d expect. My prediction would have been that if I have…
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Criticizing Critical Thinking
Over at Newsweek, Alexander Nazaryan wants to vex you. Here’s a sample: Only someone who…
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Lighten the Load
You’d like an 8 page summary of Cognitive Load Theory, written in plain English for…
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How Best to Count
Should young children count on their fingers when learning math? You can find strong opinions…