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Getting the Details Just Right: Highlighting
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Because the school year starts right now, I'm using this...

Getting the Details Just Right: Retrieval Practice
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

As we gear up for the start of a new...

The Good Life by Robert Waldinger & Marc Schulz
Erik Jahner, PhD
Erik Jahner, PhD

The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study...

Using “Worked Examples” in Mathematics Instruction: a New Meta-Analysis
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Should teachers lets students figure out mathematical ideas and processes...

“Teaching” Helps Students Learn: New Research
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Not even two months ago, I admitted my skepticism about...

My Detective Adventure: “VR Will Transform Education” [Reposted]
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Our blogger is off this week. He asked us to...

The Unexpected Problem with Learning Styles Theory [Reposted]
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Our blogger will be taking the first two weeks of...

Open Classroom Plans: The Effects on Reading
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

I've written frequently over the years about the effects of...

Psych by Paul Bloom
Erik Jahner, PhD
Erik Jahner, PhD

I should have known better! I was expecting just another...

Learning How to Learn: Optimists and Realists
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

In schools, optimism helps teachers a lot. At the beginning...

Introducing “Schema Theory”
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

In the last few years, I've increasingly wondered if "schema...

Should students “teach” other students?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

You will often hear about an exciting strategy to help students...

How Teaching Happens by Paul Paul Kirschner, Carl Hendrick, and Jim Heal
Erik Jahner, PhD
Erik Jahner, PhD

Who would have thought that a book about teaching could...

Oops, Twitter Did It Again: Creativity and the “Positive Manifold”
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

I’ve written before that edu-Twitter can be a great help...

Have I Been Spectacularly Wrong for Years, Part 2 [Removed 6/14/23]
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

On Sunday of this week, I published my response to...

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