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When Introverts Act Like Extraverts (and Vice Versa)
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Surprising new findings suggest that introverts can act like extraverts...

The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversities by Nadine Burke Harris
Rebecca Gotlieb
Rebecca Gotlieb

Nadine Burke Harris explains that she wrote The Deepest Well:...

Advice: It Is Better to Give than Receive
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Students benefit not only from receiving advice, but also from...

What Students Want to Know about Brains and Learning, Part II
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

High school students have questions. We have (some) answers.

Study Advice for Students: Getting the Specifics Just Right
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

To get the best benefits from "retrieval practice," teachers can...

What Students Want to Know about Brains and Learning
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

What do students want to know about brains and learning?...

The Best Teaching Method? Depends on the Student…
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

To know the best teaching approach for our students, we...

In Defense of Other-Than-Passionate Teaching
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

You might hear advice that you have to be passionate...

Exploring the Nuances of Peer Feedback
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

A recent article offers a helpful summary of research into...

Even More Good News about Mindfulness
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

A second recent study, this one correlating mindfulness with academic...

What (De)Motivates Struggling Math Students?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

When teachers focus on their students' "innate math ability," what...

Yes or No: “Video Games Can Promote Emotional Intelligence”?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

A recent study from Italy gives us intriguing possibilities for...

Why, and When, Does Music Interfere with Reading?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Eye-tracking technology helps researchers explain when music disrupts fluent reading....

An Exciting Event in Mindfulness Research
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

New research on mindfulness training avoids the pitfalls of earlier...

Brain Words: How the Science of Reading Informs Teaching by J. Richard Gentry and Gene P. Oullette
Rebecca Gotlieb
Rebecca Gotlieb

Far too many children are not learning to read well....

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