Education Conferences

The Power of Discord: Why the Ups and Downs of Relationships are the Secret to Building Intimacy, Resilience, and Trust by Ed Tronick and Claudia Gold

Rebecca Gotlieb
by: Rebecca Gotlieb
Posted on: October 21, 2020

The famous, well-replicated “still-face experiment” involves an infant and parent seated facing each other. After a few minutes of play, the parent becomes completely unresponsive and shows a blank face. The infant tries an increasingly dramatic array of tricks to

Have I Been Spectacularly Wrong for Years? New Research on Handwriting and Learning

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: October 20, 2020

Long-timer readers know my weakness. I’m usually an easy-going guy. But if you want to see me frantic with frustration, tell me about the superiority of handwriting for taking notes. Here’s the story. Back in 2014, two Princeton researchers did

Meet the Keynotes: Stuart Shanker

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: October 17, 2020

What’s the difference between self-control and self-regulation? Dr. Stuart Shanker has written and thought about this topic for years. Here’s his two-minute answer. To dig more deeply into this topic, come meet Dr. Shanker at our online fall conference. You

Meet the Keynotes: Chloé Valdary

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: October 15, 2020

“The Theory of Enchantment is a social-emotional learning program that teaches individuals how to develop character, develop tools for resiliency…but more importantly, to learn how to love oneself.” Intrigued? Meet Chloé Valdary in this TedTalk, at at our conference, November 7-8.

“Rich” or “Bland”: Which Diagrams Helps Students Learn Deeply?

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: October 13, 2020

Colorful diagrams might raise students’ interest. What do those diagrams do for their learning? Continue reading →

Meet the Keynotes: Mary Helen Immordino-Yang

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: October 11, 2020

If you’re as excited for our November conference as I am, you might want to know more about our speakers. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang is an affective neuroscientist and an educational psychologist. That means: she studies how “children’s emotional and social

“If I Want My Students to Learn Math, Should I Teach Them More Math?”

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: October 6, 2020

We all agree, I suspect, that students should learn math. And reading. They should learn history. And science. SO MANY other topics. What’s the best way to meet these goals? If I want my students to learn math, is math

How Psychologists and Teachers Can Talk about Research Most Wisely

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: September 29, 2020

Dr. Neil Lewis thinks a lot about science communication: in fact, his appointment at Cornell is in both the Psychology AND the Communications departments. (For a complete bio, click here.) He and Dr. Jonathan Wai recently posted an article focusing on

Hivemind: The New Science of Tribalism in Our Divided World by Sarah Rose Cavanagh, PhD

Rebecca Gotlieb
by: Rebecca Gotlieb
Posted on: September 22, 2020

How do we balance our social, collectivist nature with our individualistic drives? How do technologies, such as smartphones and social media, affect the tension between collectivist and individualist drives? Given that we have become highly individualistic at the expense of

“Before You Change Your Teaching, Change Your Thinking”

Andrew Watson
by: Andrew Watson
Posted on: September 21, 2020

When I attended my first Learning and the Brain conference, more than a decade ago, I had a simple plan: Step 1: Listen to the researcher’s advice. Step 2: Do what the researcher told me to do. Step 3: Watch