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The Good Life by Robert Waldinger & Marc Schulz

Erik Jahner, PhD
by: Erik Jahner, PhD
Posted on: August 27, 2023

The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness serves as a…

3 students working together on a math problem

Using “Worked Examples” in Mathematics Instruction: a New Meta-Analysis

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: August 21, 2023

Should teachers lets students figure out mathematical ideas and processes on their own? Or, should…

A smiling young man wearing a jeans jacket, wool cap, and headphones sits at a desk and talks to a camera in front of him.

“Teaching” Helps Students Learn: New Research

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: August 14, 2023

Not even two months ago, I admitted my skepticism about a popular teaching technique. While…

Man wearing Virtual Reality goggles, making gestures in the air

My Detective Adventure: “VR Will Transform Education” [Reposted]

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: August 8, 2023

Our blogger is off this week. He asked us to repost this piece, because he’ll…

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The Unexpected Problem with Learning Styles Theory [Reposted]

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: August 1, 2023

Our blogger will be taking the first two weeks of August off. This post generated…

Open Classroom Plans: The Effects on Reading

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: July 23, 2023

I’ve written frequently over the years about the effects of classroom decoration on learning. The…

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Psych by Paul Bloom

Erik Jahner, PhD
by: Erik Jahner, PhD
Posted on: July 19, 2023

I should have known better! I was expecting just another in a long line of…

Group of middle-school children working with electrical equipment and an ipad

Learning How to Learn: Optimists and Realists

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: July 14, 2023

In schools, optimism helps teachers a lot. At the beginning of the year, my students…

Introducing “Schema Theory”

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: July 9, 2023

In the last few years, I’ve increasingly wondered if “schema theory” just might work a…

Students talking with each other around a table

Should students “teach” other students?

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: July 1, 2023

You will often hear about an exciting strategy to help students learn: they should teach one another….