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Teachers have long gotten guidance that we should make our...
Cambridge University professor of psychology and psychiatry, Simon Baron-Cohen, recently...
Have you heard of "interteaching" before? Me neither. The headlines...
Few theories in education have had a more dramatic story...
Should teachers welcome students to the classroom with elaborate individual...
The "10-minute rule" offers teachers practical guidance. It typically sounds...
We've seen enough research on retrieval practice to know: it...
In our profession, memorization has gotten a bad name. The word...
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Researchers can demonstrate that some core knowledge is essential for...
Game on? Brain On!: The Surprising Relationship between Play and...
The last 20 years have brought about powerful new ways...
Ask almost anyone in Learning and the Brain world, they'll...
You've seen the videos. An earnest reporter wielding a microphone...
Here's an interesting question: do students -- on average -- benefit...
As teachers, should we focus on our students' understanding of...