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Understanding Scanning Technology: When and Where in the Brain

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: April 27, 2018

The good folks over at TedEd have produced another helpful brain video — this one…

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Chronotype Influences Grades. Owls Are Sad…

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: April 25, 2018

Sleep researchers distinguish between morning “larks” and night “owls.” These chronotypes influence grades, because school schedules favor morning larks over night owls. If we want to help all our students learn, we should create schedules that work for as many of them as possible. Continue reading →

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Can You Resist the Seductive Allure of Neuroscience?

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: April 23, 2018

The seductive allure of neuroscience often blinds us. In fact, the image on the right…

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Daring to Flip the Public Health Classroom

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: April 19, 2018

“Flipping the classroom” has been around long enough now to have its own Wikipedia page….

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Can You Rely on Meta-analysis? Can You Doubt It?

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: April 16, 2018

Over at his blog Filling the Pail, Greg Ashman likes challenging popular ideas. In a…

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When Bad Technology Is Good Instead

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: April 14, 2018

Action video games and cell phones take most of the heat in discussions about the perils of technology. Who’s got anything good to say about either? Continue reading →

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Vital Resources in Psychology: the Best Research for Teachers

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: April 11, 2018

These vital resources in psychology research can help teachers find the most effective teaching practices. They also provide lively examples of researchers doing what they do best: exploring complex questions with imagination and humility. Continue reading →

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Don’t “Ignore the Man Behind the Curtain”

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: April 9, 2018

If you’ve got a question about the study you just read — for example, how best to make it work in your classroom — you just might reach out to the study’s author. Continue reading →

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Training Working Memory: Bad News, and Surprising Great News

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: April 6, 2018

Training working memory might be effective not because it increases WM, but because it gives participants a chance to figure out a successful strategy. If so, we can give students the same boost simply by telling them that strategy… Continue reading →

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Can You Reduce Stress by Writing About Failure?

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: April 3, 2018

The method sounds counter-intuitive, but it works: we can reduce stress by writing about failure. Recent research shows that students who wrote about previous struggle responded more calmly to a stressful situation, and did better on a subsequent attention test. Continue reading →