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Teaching Minds & Brains: the Best Books to Read
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

When I started in this field, back in 2008, we...

How Students (Think They) Learn: The Plusses and Minuses of “Interleaving”
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

As the school year begins, teachers want to know: can...

Future Tense by Tracy Dennis-Tiwary
Erik Jahner, PhD
Erik Jahner, PhD

Being that approximately 20% of US adults have reported having...

How To Make Sure Homework Really Helps (a.k.a.: “Retrieval Practice Fails”)
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Most research focuses narrowly on just a few questions. For...

The Best Book on Cognitive Load Theory: Ollie Lovell to the Rescue
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Teaching ought to be easy. After all, we have a...

The Bruce Willis Method: Catching Up Post-Covid [Reposted]
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Because of Covid, our students have fallen behind. How can...

Do Classroom Decorations Distract Students? A Story in 4 Parts… [Reposted]
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

As we prepare for the upcoming school year, how should...

Remembering and Forgetting in the Age of Technology by Michelle Miller
Erik Jahner, PhD
Erik Jahner, PhD

The cognition of remembering and forgetting is central to our...

Is “Cell Phone Addiction” Really a Thing? [Reposted]
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

A well-known Education Twitter personality claimed that "cell phones are...

The Best Teaching Advice We’ve Got
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

I'm on my annual vacation during this month, so I'll...

It’s All in the Timing: Improving Study Skills with Just-Right Reminders
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Some research-based teaching advice requires complex rethinking of our work....

An Amazingly Simple Way to Help Struggling Students (with Potential Controversy)
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Imagine that you work at a school where these students consistently...

The Power of Us by Dominic Packer and Jay Van Bavel
Erik Jahner, PhD
Erik Jahner, PhD

The broad use of social media, internet search engines, personalized...

“It’s Good for the Brain!”: The Perils of Pollution, the Benefits of Blueberries
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

When I talk with teachers about psychology and neuroscience research,...

Getting the Order Just Right: When to “Generate,” When to “Retrieve”?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

When teachers get advice from psychology and neuroscience, we start...

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