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Decisions, Decisions: Helping Students with Complex Reasoning
Most of us have heard the adage about the two ways that someone can get…
How Best to Count
Should young children count on their fingers when learning math? You can find strong opinions…
Resources for “Desirable Difficulties”
Here on the blog, we write a lot about desirable difficulties: that elusive middle ground…
How Best to Take Notes: A Public Service Announcement
The school year is beginning, and so you’re certainly seeing many (MANY) articles about the debate…
Cell Phones in the Classroom: Expected (and Unexpected) Effects
Quick! Where’s your cell phone? Now that I’ve got your attention: what effect does the…
Helping Students Study Well: The Missing Plank in the Bridge?
Ok: you’ve taught your students a particular topic, and you’ve provided them with lots of…
“One Size Fits All” Rarely Fits
If you attend Learning and the Brain conferences, or read this blog regularly, you know…
Interrupting Skilled Students
Here’s a sentence that won’t surprise you: practice typically makes us more skilled at the…
Dangerous Authenticity?
Here’s an odd question: is it ever a bad idea for teachers to be authentic?…
Memorable Beauty?
Over at Psychology Today, Nate Kornell speculates about the potential memory benefits of taking beautiful notes….