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I’m Not Excited, YOU’RE Excited (OK: I’m Excited)
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

I've been going to Learning and the Brain conferences since...

Teachers vs Tech?: The Case for an Ed Tech Revolution by Daisy Christodoulou
Rebecca Gotlieb
Rebecca Gotlieb

The dramatically increased reliance on technology to support students’ learning...

Does MOVEMENT Help LEARNING?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

In the exaggerated stereotype of an obsessively traditional classroom, students...

“Students Switch Their Screens Every 19 Seconds.” Sort Of…
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

I recently read an arresting claim: when students have web...

EduTwitter Can Be Great. No, Really…
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Twitter has a terrible reputation, and EduTwitter isn't an exception....

How Can We Help Students Study Better?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

This story might sound familiar: You attend a Learning and...

Active Learning Online: Five Principles that Make Online Courses Come Alive by Stephen Kosslyn
Rebecca Gotlieb
Rebecca Gotlieb

The COVID-19 global pandemic has spurred a massive and rapid...

Does Online Learning Work? Framing the Debate to Come…
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

With news that several very effective vaccines will be increasingly...

Seriously: What Motivates Teachers to Be Funny?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

To start 2021 in the right spirit, let's think about...

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

You want to improve your teaching with psychology research? We’ve...

James Flynn Changed the Way We Think about Intelligence
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

In 1950, the average score on an IQ test was...

December Book-a-Palooza
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

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

How Learning Happens: Seminal Works in Educational Psychology and What They Mean in Practice by Paul Kirschner and Carl Hendrick
Rebecca Gotlieb
Rebecca Gotlieb

Bridging the research-practice divide is a perennial issue in education....

Possible Selves in STEM: Helping Students See Themselves as Scientists
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Why don't more students sign up for STEM classes, and...

Two New Ways of Thinking About Memory
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

In our classroom work, we teachers focus on learning; in their...

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