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The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World by Anthony Brandt and David Eagleman
Rebecca Gotlieb
Rebecca Gotlieb

Humans are driven to create and innovate. In fact, this...

Improve Your Understanding of Neuron Essentials
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

You've heard a lot of information about neurons at the...

Don’t Be Fooled by the Learning Pyramid Myth
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

The problem with the pyramid is not merely that it's...

The Struggles of Young-for-their-Grade Students
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

If a school has a strict cut-off date for a...

Can Meaningful Gestures Help STEM Students Learn Better?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

The right kind of gesture helps students understand physical space...

Does Forest-Bathing Benefit Your Anxious Amygdala?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Living near forests might promote healthy brain development, especially as...

Improving the Syllabus: Surprising Benefits of Jumbling
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Jumbling practice problem topics together helps students learn more than...

When Homework Is (and Isn’t) Genuinely Helpful
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

The question "does homework help students learn" is too big...

Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Tom Brady's new "Brain Training" Website looks a lot like...

Focus on the Speaker: Charles Fadel Champions Curriculum Redesign
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Most educational reform focuses on the way the teaching happens:...

Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

The remarkable work of a transgender neuroscientist, who inspired colleagues...

Benefiting from Retrieval Practice: Get the Timing Just Right
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Retrieval practice is an excellent study strategy for students more...

An Extra Half-Hour of Sleep? An Extra Hour?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Students whose first class started later than 8:30 got between...

Enhance Memory by Saying Important Words Aloud
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

You'd like to remember a list of words better? Here's...

Frequency and Memory: Essential Brain Wave Boost
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Earlier this month, I linked to a study showing that declarative and...

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