Monthly Archives: December 2018

personal best goals

New Research: Personal Best Goals (Might) Boost Learning

Some research-based suggestions for teaching require a lot of complex changes. (If you want to…



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Bit by Bit, Putting It Together

Over at Teacherhead, Tom Sherrington has posted a form that teachers can use for lesson plans….



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new learning habits

New Year, New Habits: More Learning!

When the school year starts back up in January, teachers would LOVE to use this…



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A Festive Holiday Present for You

We don’t focus a lot on seasonal cues here at the blog, but… Given that…



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Escaping the “Inquiry vs. Direct Instruction” Debate

If you’d like to stir up a feisty argument at your next faculty meeting, lob…



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Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World...

How often do you read in a deep and sustained way fully immersed, even transformed,…



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teens and sleep

Unambiguously Good News about Teens and Sleep

You read that right. I mean: it’s really good news about teens and sleep. We all…



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multitasking

When Multitasking Helps (And Why Teachers Should Discourage It Anyway)

We all know that multitasking is baaaaad. In fact, we all know that multitasking doesn’t…



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Brain Research in Translation

Science relies on skepticism, so let’s ask a skeptical question: “Does it really benefit teachers…



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