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Teaching & Learning Illuminated by Bradley Busch, Edward Watson, &...

From The Science of Learning, Bradley Busch, Edward Watson, and Ludmila Bogatchek have kicked it…



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Revisiting the “Handwriting vs. Laptops” Debate: More Moving Goalposts

I don’t often repost articles, but I think this one deserves another look — for…



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Students sitting in a gym at desks, presumably taking exams. The student in front shields her eyes with her hands, looking stressed and depressed.

Goals, Failure, and Emotions: a Conceptual Framework

Researchers can provide guidance to teachers by looking at specific teaching practices. In last week’s…



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A closeup of a young student leaning his face up against a chalkboard, his eyes closed in frustration.

“Learning from Mistakes” vs. “Learning from Explanations”

As I wrote last week, thinkers in edu-world often make strong claims at the expense…



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A graphic of two heads facing each other in conversation: one with a lightbulb inside, the other with a question mark.

“All People Learn the Same Way”: Exploring a Debate

Over on eX/Twitter, a debate has been raging — with all the subtlety and nuance…



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Difference Maker: Enacting Systems Theory in Biology Teaching, by Christian...

Today’s book review is by Beth Hawks. Teaching Science is a Challenge Science classes cover…



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Hope for Cynics by Jamil Zaki

When I first picked up Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness by…



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“AHA!”: A Working Memory Story…

Teachers, students, people: we spend lots of our time figuring stuff out. Sometimes, we do that…



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Nerd Alert: Focusing on Definitions

You come to Learning and the Brain conferences — and to this blog — because…



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Finding a Framework for Trauma

Although education itself encourages detailed and nuanced understandings of complex ideas, the field of education…



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