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Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycle of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind by Judson Brewer
Rebecca Gotlieb
Rebecca Gotlieb

Even before the increase in mental health challenges caused by...

How to Capture Students’ Attention for Online Readings (tl;dr)
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

When do students focus while reading online? When do they...

When Do We Trust the Experts? When They Don’t Trust Themselves!
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Back in 2010, three scholars published a widely-discussed paper on...

Beyond Slogans and Posters: The Science of Student Motivation
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

In many cases, cognitive science offers clear teaching advice. You're...

Does Chewing Gum Improve Memory and Learning?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

I recently read a striking Twitter claim from a well-known...

Jerome Kagan: A Teacher’s Appreciation
Guest Blogger

A guest post, by Rob McEntarffer   I didn’t get to...

Why Don’t Students Like School? (2nd. ed.) by Daniel T. Willingham
Rebecca Gotlieb
Rebecca Gotlieb

Why don’t students like school? Daniel T. Willingham, Professor of...

Let’s Talk! How Teachers & Researchers Can Think and Work Together
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Once you say it out loud, it's so obvious: Teachers...

A Beacon in the Mindset Wilderness
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

For a few years now, I've been in the Mindset...

“Compared to What”: Is Retrieval Practice Really Better?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

When teachers turn to brain research, we want to know: which...

Making “Learning Objectives” Explicit: A Skeptic Converted?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Teachers have long gotten guidance that we should make our...

The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention by Simon Baron-Cohen
Rebecca Gotlieb
Rebecca Gotlieb

Cambridge University professor of psychology and psychiatry, Simon Baron-Cohen, recently...

Introducing “Interteaching” (Works Online Too!)
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Have you heard of "interteaching" before? Me neither. The headlines...

The Rise and Fall and Rise of Growth Mindset
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Few theories in education have had a more dramatic story...

Proxy Battles: The Value of Handshakes at the Door
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Should teachers welcome students to the classroom with elaborate individual...

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