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Dangerous Fluency: Performance Isn’t Always Learning
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Cognitive science research helps teachers understand learning better than our...

A Hidden Strength of “Concreteness Fading”
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Upbeat, perky brand names for teaching methods distract from sensible...

Concrete + Abstract = Math Learning
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Should math instruction focus on concrete examples (frog puppets and...

When Good Classroom Assignments Go Bad
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Classroom assignments often sound like great ideas, until they crash...

Can Multiple-Choice Tests Really Help Students?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Surprise: a well-designed multiple choice question might in fact help...

Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence–The Groundbreaking Meditation Practice by Daniel J. Siegel, MD
Rebecca Gotlieb
Rebecca Gotlieb

Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence guides readers through...

Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Earlier this month, I wrote about the distinction between autobiographical...

Does Music Training Help Us Pay Attention?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

We can't improve our students working memory. But, recent research...

Getting the Timing Right: Critical Thinking Online
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Spacing practice out helps students learn all sorts of things....

Can a Neuromyth Result in a Truce?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Tom Sherrington wants to call a truce between PBL advocates...

Welcome to Boston! (Almost)
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

I'm looking forward to putting names to faces at our...

Fostering Curiosity in the Classroom: “What Percentage of Animals are Insects?”
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

When we ask students to predict the answers to questions,...

Tea and Macbeth: Autobiographical vs. Semantic Memory
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Dramatic classroom events are memorable, but they're the wrong kind...

Inquiry- and Problem-Based Pedagogy: Dramatic Results in South America (?)
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

This study conclusively shows that good teaching is more effective...

Today’s Neuro-Nonsense: Reading Brainwaves in the Classroom
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Live EEGs in the classroom just don't work this way.

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