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How Students (Think They) Learn: The Plusses and Minuses of...

As the school year begins, teachers want to know: can mind/brain research give us strategies…

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Future Tense by Tracy Dennis-Tiwary

Being that approximately 20% of US adults have reported having an anxiety disorder in the…

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How To Make Sure Homework Really Helps (a.k.a.: “Retrieval Practice...

Most research focuses narrowly on just a few questions. For instance: “Does mindful meditation help…

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The Best Book on Cognitive Load Theory: Ollie Lovell to...

Teaching ought to be easy. After all, we have a functionally infinite amount of long-term…

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The Bruce Willis Method: Catching Up Post-Covid [Reposted]

Because of Covid, our students have fallen behind. How can we help them “catch up”?…

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Do Classroom Decorations Distract Students? A Story in 4 Parts…...

As we prepare for the upcoming school year, how should we think about decorating our…

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Remembering and Forgetting in the Age of Technology by Michelle...

The cognition of remembering and forgetting is central to our lives and our intellectual valuation…

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Is “Cell Phone Addiction” Really a Thing? [Reposted]

A well-known Education Twitter personality claimed that “cell phones are as addictive as drugs.” Are…

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The Best Teaching Advice We’ve Got

I’m on my annual vacation during this month, so I’ll be posting some articles that…

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It’s All in the Timing: Improving Study Skills with Just-Right...

Some research-based teaching advice requires complex rethinking of our work. For instance: We know that…