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I’m Curious: Does Curiosity Promote Learning?
Does curiosity promote learning? New research offers a surprising, complex, and subtle answer to that question. Continue reading
Fostering Curiosity in the Classroom: “What Percentage of Animals are...
When we ask students to predict the answers to questions, we make them more curious about those answers. Continue reading