Learning and the Brain Blog
When I first met him, Kurt Fischer used to say...
Last week, I wrote about a potential strategy for making...
A recent post on a well-known education blog beats up...
Learning can be a lonely business. Does collaborative learning help...
We've known for years that people listen to good news...
By explicitly including prior knowledge in our lesson plans, we...
Some research suggests that general cognitive training -- through chess,...
The field of embodied cognition has gotten increasing attention in...
When should students self-test for maximum learning? Recent research suggests...
John Medina, developmental molecular biologist and New York Times best-selling...
A recent study reveal -- AGAIN --that "brain training" doesn't...
In a college lecture course, divided attention caused by technology...
People who demonstrate "intellectual humility" are quicker to admit that...
We write a lot about working memory here on the...