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Help Me Understand: Narrative Is Better than Exposition
I’m straight-up asking for some guidance here. Here’s the story… “Psychologically Privileged” For many years…
Feedback Before Grades? Research and Practice…
The plan sounds so simple: Students practice a new skill. Teachers give them feedback. Using…
Bright Kids Who Couldn’t Care Less by Ellen Braaten
In Bright Kids Who Couldn’t Care Less: How to Rekindle Your Child’s Motivation, Ellen Braaten…
Which Is Better: “Desirable Difficulty” or “Productive Struggle”?
The obvious answer to my question is: “what a silly question.” After all, the two…
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“Comprehensive and Manageable”: Walkthrus Has It All
Teachers who want to rely on cognitive science to improve our teaching have SO MANY…
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How to Change Students’ Minds? Create Surprise…
Sometimes teaching is challenging. And sometimes, it’s REALLY challenging. For instance: Because I’m an English…
Guest Post: “My Learning and the Brain Story”
Beth Hawks has taught science for 25 years. She now serves as the science department…
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Classroom Cognition Explained, or, Dual Coding Just Right
The Good News: research into cognitive science can be SPECTACULARLY USEFUL to teachers. (That’s why…
An Argument Against “Chunking”
Learning and the Brain exists so that we can talk about good teaching together. Although…
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