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Learning and the Brain Blog

Squishy Toys: Friend or Foe?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

The US Department of Education recently released a video on...

As We Begin: Dispositions of Mind, Learning, and the Brain in Early Childhood by Tia Henteleff
Erik Jahner, PhD
Erik Jahner, PhD

There’s a line quoted in Tia Henteleff’s As We Begin...

Too Good to be True? The Effect of Tetris on PTSD Symptoms
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Teachers and school leaders turn to research -- in part...

Will Chess Make Me Better at Baseball?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Imagine for a moment that I'm coaching college baseball. I've...

Nutrition and Learning: Do Saturated Fats Harm Cognition?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

This interdisciplinary field draws on expertise from many different branches...

(How) Do Emotions Affect Learning?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

When a conference speaker announces that "a student's emotions matter...

Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick
Erik Jahner, PhD
Erik Jahner, PhD

The first time I caught a student using ChatGPT to...

Book Review: Primary Reading Simplified, by Christopher Such
Guest Post

Today's guest book review is by Kim Lockhart. Finding a...

How to Present at a Conference…
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

I spend most of my professional life talking in front...

Do *Goals* Motivate Students? How about *Feedback*?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Motivation has been a HOT TOPIC this year in all...

Just Tell Them: The Power of Explanations and Explicit Teaching by Zach Groshell
Erik Jahner, PhD
Erik Jahner, PhD

The sage-on-the-stage is not the enemy. For years, educators have...

Attention Must Be Paid
Guest Blogger

This guest review of Blake Harvard's Do I Have Your Attention...

Enjoyment or Skill? The Case of Reading
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Do we want our students to ENJOY math, or to...

Still Doubting My Doubts: The Case of PBL
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Last week, I described my enduring concerns about "embodied cognition." I'm...

Doubting My Doubts; The Case of Gesture and Embodied Cognition
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

The more time I spend hearing "research-informed educational advice," the...

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