Learning and the Brain Blog
If you're as excited for our November conference as I...
We all agree, I suspect, that students should learn math....
Dr. Neil Lewis thinks a lot about science communication: in fact,...
How do we balance our social, collectivist nature with our...
When I attended my first Learning and the Brain conference,...
We know that "retrieval practice" helps students learn. We know...
Should we test our students or not? Researchers can answer...
New research suggests that the right kind of Executive Function...
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Quite consistently, this post has been among the most searched...
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Which helps students learn more: handwritten notes, or laptop notes?...
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A study with 12th graders in Argentina highlights an important...
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I'm on vacation for the month of August, and so...
Anders Ericsson's model of "deliberate practice" offers wise guidance in...
Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought is the recent book...
Retrieval practice and common sense add up to a winning...