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Monthly Archives: June 2017

This is Your Chess on Ritalin
In movies and on television, chess skill symbolizes “pure intelligence.” Characters who can outwit others…

Montessori: The New Science behind the Century-Old Methodology (part II)
“Freedom in intellectual work is found to be the basis of internal discipline” (*Montessori, 1917/1965)….

Out with the Old…
Articles about learning styles theory–including my own–typically focus on debunking the theory. This article, over…

Memorable Beauty?
Over at Psychology Today, Nate Kornell speculates about the potential memory benefits of taking beautiful notes….

The Reading Mind: A Cognitive Approach to Understanding How the...
Reading is a complex cognitive task. How is it that our minds are able to…
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Lightening the Cognitive Load
How should we manage working memory limitations in the classroom? Furtheredogogy has a handy post…

(Mis)Understanding Educational Stats
Over at The Anova, Freddie deBoer has a knack for writing about statistical questions and…

Montessori: The New Science behind a Century-Old Methodology (part I)
Maria Montessori described observing children in a traditional classroom as being tantamount to an entomologist…
Posted in L&B Blog
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Oxytocin in Crisis
Oxytocin is often described as the “love hormone.” Apparently lots of oxtyocin is swirling around…