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An Amazingly Simple Way to Help Struggling Students (with Potential...
Imagine that you work at a school where these students consistently struggle compared to those students. As…
Does a Teacher’s Enthusiasm Improve Learning?
Sometimes research confirms our prior beliefs. Sometimes it contradicts those beliefs. And sometimes, research adds…
Handwritten Notes or Laptop Notes: A Skeptic Converted?
Here’s a practical question: should our students take notes by hand, or on laptops? If…
Too Good to Be True? “Even Short Nature Walks Improve...
Good news makes me nervous. More precisely: if I want to believe a research finding, I…
Working Memory: Make it Bigger, or Use it Better?
Cognitive science has LOTS of good news for teachers. Can we help students remember ideas…
Do Classroom Decorations Distract Students? A Story in 4 Parts…
Teacher training programs often encourage us to brighten our classrooms with lively, colorful, personal, and…
Why Time is a Teacher’s Greatest Commodity…and What to Do...
Today’s guest post is by Jim Heal, Director of New Initiatives, and Rebekah Berlin, Senior…
The Best Kind of Practice for Students Depends on the...
In some ways, teaching ought to be straightforward. Teachers introduce new material (by some method…
The Best Way to Take Class Notes
Teachers often ask me: “how should my students take notes?” That question typically springs from…
Teachers’ Gestures Can Help Students Learn
Over the years, I’ve written about the importance of “embodied cognition.” In other words: we…