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Does Online Learning Work? Framing the Debate to Come…

With news that several very effective vaccines will be increasingly available over the upcoming months,…

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Seriously: What Motivates Teachers to Be Funny?

To start 2021 in the right spirit, let’s think about humor in the classroom. It…

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The Best Teaching Advice We’ve Got

You want to improve your teaching with psychology research? We’ve got good news, and bad…

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James Flynn Changed the Way We Think about Intelligence

In 1950, the average score on an IQ test was ~100. In 2020, the average score…

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December Book-a-Palooza

When I started in this field, back in 2008, teachers really didn’t have many helpful…

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How Learning Happens: Seminal Works in Educational Psychology and What...

Bridging the research-practice divide is a perennial issue in education. Fortunately, Paul A. Kirschner and…

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Possible Selves in STEM: Helping Students See Themselves as Scientists

Why don’t more students sign up for STEM classes, and enter STEM careers? Could we…

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Two New Ways of Thinking About Memory

In our classroom work, we teachers focus on learning; in their research, psychologists and neuroscientists often…

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Gratitude in School, 2020 Edition

Here’s a pre-Thanksgiving question: How much good news can you pack into one psychology study?…

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Parachutes Don’t Help (Important Asterisk)

A surprising research finding to start your week: parachutes don’t reduce injury or death. How…