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A Skeptic Converted? The Benefits of Narrative

Let’s imagine that I tell you about a cool new research finding: singing helps students learn!…

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Visual Thinking by Temple Grandin

Many of us think with words, solving problems and imagining scenarios by coding information verbally….

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The Rare Slam Dunk? Blue Light Before Bed

I spend A LOT of time on this blog debunking “research-based” certainties. No, handwriting isn’t…

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When Experience Contradicts Research: The Problem with Certainty

A friend recently told me about his classroom experience using mindfulness to promote thoughtful and…

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Should Students Annotate Their Texts? A Research Perspective

A few years ago, I visited an English Department meeting at a well-known high school….

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Making Room for Impact by Arran Hamilton, John Hattie, and...

Time to make time to teach effectively and efficiently by digging into your practice with…

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Summer Plans: How Best to Use the Next Few Weeks

The summer stretches before you like a beach of relaxing joy. With a guilty-pleasure novel…

The Best Ways to Use ‘One-Pagers’

In recent years, our field has seen a great increase in ‘one-pagers’: handy summaries of…

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Piece-by-Piece PowerPoint: Exploring the “Dynamic Drawing Principle”

The plan for this blog post: First: I’ll describe a particular teaching practice — one…

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Research Advice That’s New + Useful: Improve Learning by Reappraising...

Research benefits teachers if it gives us new, useful ideas. We can feel relief and…