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The Nurture Effect: How the Science of Human Behavior Can Improve Our Lives and Our World by Anthony Biglan, PhD
Rebecca Gotlieb
Rebecca Gotlieb

What if there existed a secret recipe for curing nearly...

Does Internet Use “Rewire Adolescent Brains”?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Our very own Kathryn Mills says: we've got a lot...

Dreaming of a Snowy Holiday Season?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

This trippy video from TedEd gives some insight into the...

Thinking VERY Slowly about “Thinking, Fast and Slow”
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Five years later, economics blogger Jason Collins rereads--and rereviews--Kahneman's Thinking, Fast...

Teacher Evaluations: Your Thoughts?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

A report by the non-partisan Brookings Institute says that teacher evaluations...

Home News: Congratulations, Stephanie!
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Our very own Stephanie Sasse is a co-author of a...

Drifting Away: The Cognitive Benefits—and Perils—of Mind-Wandering
Kevin Kent
Kevin Kent

You’re in the middle of a meeting or driving to...

Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

This article from The Chronicle of Higher Education explains many reasons...

Research Morsel: Gender Differences in Math (Again)
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

The journal Intelligence recently published an interesting study  analyzing gender...

Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

This video, from TedEd, helpfully outlines many of the reasons...

LaTB Stories #1: Alex W.
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

My name is Alex Wonnell, aka Wonz.  I work in...

Tech in the Classroom: Is Virtual Reality Likely to Help Learning?
Kevin Kent
Kevin Kent

Educators have long hoped that that technology holds great promise...

Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Every wonder what it's like to plan a Big Room presentation...

Click Here: The Technology of Retrieval Practice in the Classroom
Scott MacClintic
Scott MacClintic

Back in the dark ages, when I was just cutting...

Parent-Child Interactions: Forming Beliefs About Intelligence
Austin Matte
Austin Matte

It is common knowledge that parents play a vital role...

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