All in Digests
There is nothing worse than writing that first paragraph of an essay. The crippling onset of writer’s block is inevitable, and can easily spiral into a circle of procrastination, until only one day remains before the essay is due. This is one of the many problems students ...
In the comments section embedded in the Learning Scientists' Weekly Digest #37: Teaching Spelling, I proposed that the English spelling system is best studied by learning deep underlying structures, rather than surface features that will inevitably ...
In our most recent blog post, we answered questions we have received about cognitive psychology and education. One question we received recently was about spelling: Can the spelling inventory could be given on the computer and still be valid? Ultimately, ...
Three of us have kids, and two of us are raising their children bilingually. Today, from our newest Learning Scientist, Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel, we feature 5 resources with information on raising bilingual children. Last week my husband told me a funny ...
Self-care is always important, but given current political events, it is more crucial than ever. However, just as with time management (covered in last week’s digest), the internet is awash with mental health “tips” that aren’t necessarily grounded in research. In this digest ...
A frequent question that we receive from our students is about how to manage all of their various responsibilities and still have time to complete their studies. This week we dive into the somewhat murky area of time management. The internet is full...
