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One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Teaching Experts and Novices
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Teachers often hear that we should divide students into different...

“Video Captions Benefit Everyone”: An Investigation
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

If you've watched educational videos lately, you've probably noticed that...

On Task: How Our Brains Get Things Done by David Badre
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I’ve been staring at my to grade pile—essays, exams, books...

Book Review: The End of Trauma, by George Bonanno
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

When I first started teaching -- it's been a few...

“Good Ideas” that Might Waste Time
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

I would LOVE to write the following blog posts: Playing...

Neuromyths Are Myths, but They Aren’t Neuro
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Few topics lead to greater despair at Learning and the...

Squishy Toys: Friend or Foe?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

The US Department of Education recently released a video on...

As We Begin: Dispositions of Mind, Learning, and the Brain in Early Childhood by Tia Henteleff
Erik Jahner, PhD
Erik Jahner, PhD

There’s a line quoted in Tia Henteleff’s As We Begin...

Too Good to be True? The Effect of Tetris on PTSD Symptoms
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Teachers and school leaders turn to research -- in part...

Will Chess Make Me Better at Baseball?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Imagine for a moment that I'm coaching college baseball. I've...

Nutrition and Learning: Do Saturated Fats Harm Cognition?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

This interdisciplinary field draws on expertise from many different branches...

(How) Do Emotions Affect Learning?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

When a conference speaker announces that "a student's emotions matter...

Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick
Erik Jahner, PhD
Erik Jahner, PhD

The first time I caught a student using ChatGPT to...

Book Review: Primary Reading Simplified, by Christopher Such
Guest Post

Today's guest book review is by Kim Lockhart. Finding a...

How to Present at a Conference…
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

I spend most of my professional life talking in front...

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