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ChatGPT and Beyond: The Best Online Resources for Evaluating Research...

If we’re going to make “research-based” claims about education — and we are! — then…



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“Seductive Details” meet “Retrieval Practice”: A Match Made in Cognitive...

Here’s a common problem: your job today is to teach a boring topic. (You don’t think…



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Starting Class with “Prequestions”: Benefits, Problems, Solutions

We’ve known for many years now that retrieval practice works. That is: after we have…



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The Trad/Prog Debate Gets Weird

Few debates rage hotter in education circles than that between educational progressives and educational traditionalists….



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Book Cover for The Hidden Lives of Learners by Graham Nuthall. The cover shows a mountain range in front of a blue and cloudy sky.

The Hidden Lives of Learners

Many times over the last several years, I’ve heard enthusiastic reviews of a seemingly-magical book…



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To 600, and Beyond…

WordPress informs me that this is the 601st article I’ve posted on this blog. That’s…



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My Detective Adventure: “VR Will Transform Education”

A friend recently sent me a link to an article with a click-baity headline: something…



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How Teachers Can Use Neuroscience in Education

I recently saw two very different looks at neuroscience and learning, and I thought they…



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Downside to Oxytocin

Warning: Misguided Neuroscience Ahead

I recently ran across a version* of this chart: As you can see, this chart…



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The Limitations of Retrieval Practice (Yes, You Read That Right)

Last week, I wrote that “upsides always have downsides.” That is: anything that teachers do…



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