Learning and the Brain Blog
Enduring education myths get in the way of student learning....
Both survey data and fMRI neuroimaging suggest that a program...
A student's "prior misconceptions" often interfere with new learning. To...
Teachers decorate classrooms for many reasons -- especially to make...
Andrew C. Watson, the editor of Learning and the Brain...
A careful study of design thinking finds modest successes --...
Yet another study shows that background music -- especially music...
Typical at-home distractions can indeed interfere with online learning. Happily,...
Evolution of the Learning Brain: or How You Got to...
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We're still trying to understand why learning styles theory --...
It's not just cute videos! Research also shows that greeting...
Is constructivism a theory of learning, or a theory of...
A large study in five different Florida schools gives us...
New research, contradicting prior research, shows that pre-bedtime screen use...
Australian researchers have developed a new font, "sans forgetica," which...