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Brain Regions or Brain Networks?
Here’s an odd brain theory to start off your day: Let’s assume that particular regions…
Video Games and Empathy
Do violent video games reduce empathy? If people spend lots of time pretending to beat…
This is Your Chess on Ritalin
In movies and on television, chess skill symbolizes “pure intelligence.” Characters who can outwit others…
Montessori: The New Science behind the Century-Old Methodology (part II)
“Freedom in intellectual work is found to be the basis of internal discipline” (*Montessori, 1917/1965)….
Out with the Old…
Articles about learning styles theory–including my own–typically focus on debunking the theory. This article, over…
Memorable Beauty?
Over at Psychology Today, Nate Kornell speculates about the potential memory benefits of taking beautiful notes….
Lightening the Cognitive Load
How should we manage working memory limitations in the classroom? Furtheredogogy has a handy post…
(Mis)Understanding Educational Stats
Over at The Anova, Freddie deBoer has a knack for writing about statistical questions and…
Montessori: The New Science behind a Century-Old Methodology (part I)
Maria Montessori described observing children in a traditional classroom as being tantamount to an entomologist…
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