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Practice Makes Myelin

Here’s a helpful TedEd video on the neuroscience of physical practice. I quibble with some of…

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E-Readers and Reading Comprehension

The invaluable Daniel Willingham briefly reviews the literature, and concludes that — for the time being…

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“Nevertheless, She Persisted”

If you watched the Oscars this past weekend, or simply had lucky t.v. timing over…

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Gender and Competition

According to new research, a key difference might be the choice of opponent.  Whereas men typically prefer…

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Motivation Revolution?

Here’s the magic question: how can teachers help motivate students? After all, most of our…

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Cool Nerds

If you’re a Learning and the Brain devotee, you may have heard about p-values; you…

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The Routine Advantage

Following up on Rina Deshpande’s post looking at the benefits of cognitive routines, here’s a…

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Share Your LEARNING AND THE BRAIN Stories

Now that you’ve been to LaTB, we’d love to hear your story. What did you…

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A Fresh Desirable Difficulty?

Robert Bjork and Elizabeth Ligon Bjork have argued that the right kind of difficulty can…

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The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to...

Imagine your son leaving for school with his homework forgotten on the kitchen table or…