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Not All of Us Work Effectively in a “Memory Palace”
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Students with lower visuospatial aptitude don't benefit much from "memory...

The Best Teaching Book to Read This Summer: Powerful Teaching
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Powerful Teaching, by Agarwal and Bain, combines research and practical...

Learning How to Learn: How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying – A Guide for Kids and Teens by Barbara Oakley, Terrence Sejnowski, and Alistair McConville
Pointing Out Online Mistakes Like a “Jerk”: More Misuses of Psychology Research
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Despite the click-bait headlines, research doesn't show much of anything...

Today’s Unpopular Research Finding: Potential Perils of Mindfulness
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

New research suggests that mindfulness may lead to "particularly unpleasant"...

Right Brained Language Learning (And Other Reasons to Ignore Brain Myths)
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Recent research shows that right-hemisphere brain activity predicts successful language...

Visual & Verbal: Welcome to “Dual Coding”
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

By "dual coding" -- that is, by presenting information both...

Early Signs of Autism: “Joint Attention”
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

This video, by Simon Baron-Cohen, explains the importance of "joint...

A Rose by Any Other Name Would Smell as Confusing
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

All too often, psychology discussions use confusing -- or worse,...

No, Brain Scans Can’t See You Think
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

https://npjscilearncommunity.nature.com/users/19663-tracey-tokuhama-espinosa/posts/42620-deciphering-fact-from-fiction-about-the-brain

Does Low-Structure Free Time Improve Executive Function?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Students can be taught executive-function skills that help in schools....

Great Myths of Adolescence by  Jeremy D. Jewell, Michael I. Axelrod, Mitchell M. Prinstein, and Stephen Hupp
Rebecca Gotlieb
Rebecca Gotlieb

Do you think that teenagers today are lazier, riskier, and...

The Best-Known Neural Model of Learning Might be Substantially Wrong
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

A new neural model of long-term memory formation might change...

Building a Better Research Mousetrap: @justsaysinmice
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

A new twitter account can help you sort the good...

Meet Blake Harvard, “Effortful Educator”
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

An interview with Blake Harvard: high-school psychology teacher, and Effortful...

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