Learning and the Brain Blog
A study looking a technology ban in a classroom yielded...
We can teach critical thinking within disciplines -- especially when...
Once we can define working memory and understand its importance,...
A study with 12th graders in Argentina highlights an important...
Working memory allows students to hold and combine information. (We...
When teachers use gestures appropriately in online learning, students learn...
When I attended my first Learning and the Brain conference, I...
Despite all the scary headlines, research on cell-phone usage relies...
Enduring education myths get in the way of student learning....
Both survey data and fMRI neuroimaging suggest that a program...
A student's "prior misconceptions" often interfere with new learning. To...
Teachers decorate classrooms for many reasons -- especially to make...
Andrew C. Watson, the editor of Learning and the Brain...
A careful study of design thinking finds modest successes --...
Yet another study shows that background music -- especially music...