Learning and the Brain Blog
Recently I wrote about surprising research into games: children who...
Halloween is the one day of the year we admit...
If teachers wants students to get better at reading, they...
Teachers can easily spot the potential benefits of group work:...
Schools spend an enormous amount of time teaching students to...
For over a decade starting in 2006, growth mindset was...
We spend a lot of class time watching otherwise sharp...
Longtime readers know that I'm obsessed with working memory --...
Two years ago, a friend asked me to look at...
For almost three decades now, cognitive scientists -- led by...
When our students learn -- or pay attention, or feel...
Every semester, a student catches us after class or during...
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A colleague recently asked me this thoughtful question: I've seen...
As we strive to make classrooms helpful for all our...
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Should our students teach their peers? The obvious answer to...