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Maturation of the Hippocampus
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Why do adolescents learn and remember specific information more easily...

Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Here's a short video covering a long-debated question.

The Neural Effects of Media Multitasking
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

If you're attending Learning and the Brain's "Merging Minds and...

Neuroscience and Neuromyths
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Does neuroscience education help reduce a teacher's belief in neuromyths?...

Parents, High School Start Times, and Sleepy Teens
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Research findings that support later high-school start times have been...

More Thoughts on Gender Differences
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Regular readers of this blog know that I'm a skeptic...

Decisions, Decisions: Helping Students with Complex Reasoning
Lindsay Clements
Lindsay Clements

Most of us have heard the adage about the two...

The Effect of Alcohol on Learning…
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

...might not be what you'd expect. My prediction would have...

Innovating Minds: Rethinking Creativity to Inspire Change by Wilma Koutstaal and Jonathan Binks
Rebecca Gotlieb
Rebecca Gotlieb

How can creativity and innovation give rise to positive changes...

Criticizing Critical Thinking
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Over at Newsweek, Alexander Nazaryan wants to vex you. Here's...

Lighten the Load
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

You'd like an 8 page summary of Cognitive Load Theory,...

How Best to Count
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Should young children count on their fingers when learning math?...

Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Here on the blog, we write a lot about desirable...

Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Like you, the Effortful Educator knows that retrieval practice benefits...

Lefty or Righty?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

You've surely heard about students being left-brained or right-brained. And:...

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