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School, Self-Regulation, and the Brain

The Study A just-published study asks about the effect of schooling on the brain. (A…

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Understanding Racial Imbalances in Special Education

As another April has come and gone, so has another World Autism Month. The Light…

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What He Said

In recent weeks, this blog has written about the dangerous assumption that students can just…

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Good News ! (?) College Profs Don’t Use the Untrue...

This story offers both good and bad news: I’ll let you sort out whether there’s…

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Classroom Data to Enhance STEM Teaching

Regular readers of this blog remember Scott MacClintic’s post about “data informed instruction”; quoting W….

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A Future Without Grades?

You think grades interfere with learning? You’d like to do away with them? And yet,…

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Once Upon a Digital Time…

A recent study suggests that 3- and 4-year old children understand as much, and learn…

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The Science of Creativity

In this 20 minute video,  James Kaufman explains how researchers define creativity, and how they…

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Thinking Critically about Teaching Critical Thinking

A friend recently referred me to this online article (at bigthink.com) about this research study:…

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Promoting STEM for Women by Requiring More High School Math....

How can we encourage young women to pursue STEM fields? In the German state of Baden-Württemberg,…