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Teaching with Images: Worth the Effort?

According to Richard Mayer’s “multimedia principle,” People learn better from words and pictures than from…

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Let’s Get Practical: How Fast Should Videos Be?

Research often operates at a highly abstract level. Psychologists and neuroscientists study cognitive “tasks” that…

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The Benefits of Direct Instruction: Balancing Theory with Practice

When teachers hear that “research shows we should do X,” we have at least two…

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The Best Kind of Practice for Students Depends on the...

In some ways, teaching ought to be straightforward. Teachers introduce new material (by some method…

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When Does Technology Distract Students? The Benefits of Research that...

I spoke with several hundred students last week about research-based study strategies. As always, students…

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Learning Science for Instructional Designers by Clark Quinn

Learning Science for Instructional Designers: From Cognition to Application is a wonderful synthesis of the…

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Why I Still Love Learning and the Brain Conferences

I attended my first Learning and the Brain in 2008; I believe the topic was…

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Is “Cell Phone Addiction” Really a Thing?

I recently read a tweet asserting “the fact that cell phones are proven to be…

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Learning Without Borders: New Learning Pathways for all Students by...

In Learning Without Borders: New Learning Pathways for all Students, Yong Zhao outlines an ongoing…

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The Best Way to Take Class Notes

Teachers often ask me: “how should my students take notes?” That question typically springs from…