Tags
ADHD adolescence attention bilingual education boundary conditions classroom advice conference speakers constructivism/direct instruction creativity critical thinking desirable difficulty development elementary school embodied cognition emotion evolution executive function exercise experts and novices gender high school homework intelligence long-term memory math metacognition methodology middle school mindfulness Mindset motivation neuromyths neuroscience online learning parents psychology reading retrieval practice self-control skepticism sleep STEM stress technology working memoryRecent Comments
- trauma informed training for teachers on Does a Teacher’s Enthusiasm Improve Learning?
- Curtis Kelly (Japan) on The Bruce Willis Method: Catching Up Post-Covid
- Carissa Noel on The Bruce Willis Method: Catching Up Post-Covid
- Andrea Logan on Handwritten Notes or Laptop Notes: A Skeptic Converted?
- Judith VT Wilson on A Beacon in the Mindset Wilderness
ABOUT THE BLOG
POPULAR TOPICS
Blog Roll
Tag Archives: boundary conditions
The Limits of Retrieval Practice: A Helpful Case Study
Here on the blog, I write A LOT about the benefits of “retrieval practice.” (For example: here and here.) In brief: our students often review by trying to put information into their brains. That is: they “go over” the material. However,
The Benefits of Prediction; the Dangers of Vocabulary
What’s the best way to study complex material? Working with Charles Atwood at the University of Utah, Brock Casselman tried an idea: He had students in a general chemistry class do weekly online problems and practice tests; after completing that
Cell Phones and Boundaries
Regular readers of this blog—and, people who have even a glimpse of common sense—already know that mobile devices distract college students during lectures. (If you’d like a review of research on this topic, you can check out The Distracted Mind
Chocolate and Cocoa Help You Learn, Right?
What’s not to love? The photo shows a mug of cocoa, with an already-nibbled chocolate bar in the background. Even better, the headline alerts us that both the cocoa and the chocolate “enhance cognitive abilities and memory.” For once, this headline