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Enjoyment or Skill? The Case of Reading
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Do we want our students to ENJOY math, or to...

Still Doubting My Doubts: The Case of PBL
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Last week, I described my enduring concerns about "embodied cognition." I'm...

Doubting My Doubts; The Case of Gesture and Embodied Cognition
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

The more time I spend hearing "research-informed educational advice," the...

Teaching & Learning Illuminated by Bradley Busch, Edward Watson, & Ludmila Bogatchek
Erik Jahner, PhD
Erik Jahner, PhD

From The Science of Learning, Bradley Busch, Edward Watson, and...

Revisiting the “Handwriting vs. Laptops” Debate: More Moving Goalposts
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

I don't often repost articles, but I think this one...

Goals, Failure, and Emotions: a Conceptual Framework
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Researchers can provide guidance to teachers by looking at specific...

“Learning from Mistakes” vs. “Learning from Explanations”
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

As I wrote last week, thinkers in edu-world often make...

“All People Learn the Same Way”: Exploring a Debate
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Over on eX/Twitter, a debate has been raging -- with...

Difference Maker: Enacting Systems Theory in Biology Teaching, by Christian Moore-Anderson
Guest Post

Today's book review is by Beth Hawks. Teaching Science is...

Hope for Cynics by Jamil Zaki
Erik Jahner, PhD
Erik Jahner, PhD

When I first picked up Hope for Cynics: The Surprising...

“AHA!”: A Working Memory Story…
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Teachers, students, people: we spend lots of our time figuring stuff...

Nerd Alert: Focusing on Definitions
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

You come to Learning and the Brain conferences -- and...

Finding a Framework for Trauma
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Although education itself encourages detailed and nuanced understandings of complex...

How to Reduce Mind-Wandering During Class
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

I recently wrote a series of posts about research into asking...

Executive Functions “Debunked”?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

As long as I’ve been in this field – heck,...

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