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The Formative Five: Fostering Grit, Empathy, and Other Success Skills...

“Who you are is more important than what you know.” This principle forms the basis…

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“Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion.”― W....

Data Informed Instruction Early Steps There are a few key steps to effectively incorporating MBE…

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Interactive Teaching at Harvard

Harvard’s Initiative for Teaching and Learning has posted videos of their most recent conference. The…

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It Ain’t What You Know, It’s…Oh, No, Sorry, It IS...

I sense that the tide is beginning to turn on the knowledge-versus-skills debate, ‘21st Century’…

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Puzzled by Adolescents? Or, by Adolescence?

Let Sarah-Jayne Blakemore sort it all out for you in this introductory Ted Talk from…

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Does Size Matter?

Is a man’s amygdala larger than a woman’s? And: why does it matter? The amygdala…

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Research Morsel: a Potential Downside for Bilingualism?

Research into the benefits of bilingualism has gotten lots of attention in recent years. For…

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To Ban or Not to Ban: A Usefully Provocative Answer

For every enthusiastic voice championing the use of laptops in classrooms, we hear equally skeptical…

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Book Review: the Promise and Perils of fMRI

Russell Poldrack reviews Sex, Lies, and Brain Scans: How fMRI Reveals What Really Goes on…

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Kitchen Knives and Face Blindness: An fMRI story

Nancy Kanwisher asks: is the brain like a kitchen knife, or is it like a…