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Visual Thinking by Temple Grandin
Erik Jahner, PhD
Erik Jahner, PhD

Many of us think with words, solving problems and imagining...

The Rare Slam Dunk? Blue Light Before Bed
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

I spend A LOT of time on this blog debunking...

When Experience Contradicts Research: The Problem with Certainty
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

A friend recently told me about his classroom experience using...

Should Students Annotate Their Texts? A Research Perspective
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

A few years ago, I visited an English Department meeting...

Making Room for Impact by Arran Hamilton, John Hattie, and Dylan Wiliam
Erik Jahner, PhD
Erik Jahner, PhD

Time to make time to teach effectively and efficiently by...

Summer Plans: How Best to Use the Next Few Weeks
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

The summer stretches before you like a beach of relaxing...

The Best Ways to Use ‘One-Pagers’
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

In recent years, our field has seen a great increase...

Piece-by-Piece PowerPoint: Exploring the “Dynamic Drawing Principle”
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

The plan for this blog post: First: I'll describe a...

Research Advice That’s New + Useful: Improve Learning by Reappraising Emotions?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Research benefits teachers if it gives us new, useful ideas....

Change My Mind, Please!
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

When was the last time you changed your mind about...

Getting Bossy about Jigsaws; “Don’t Fence Us In”
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Back in February, I wrote about the "Jigsaw method" of...

Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
Erik Jahner, PhD
Erik Jahner, PhD

From the author of The Coddling of the American Mind,...

Updating the Great Cold-Call Debate: Does Gender Matter?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Edu-Twitter predictably cycles through a number of debates; in recent...

Can students “catch” attention? Introducing “Attention Contagion”
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Every teacher knows: students won't learn much if they don't...

Should Teachers Be Excited about “Neural Synchrony”?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

This blog -- and this company -- exist to give...

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