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Jun 3

Jun 3 Weekly Digest #111: Nutrition and the Brain

For Parents, For Researchers, For Students, For Teachers, Digests

We have published digests on the importance of exercise and sleep, but we have never compiled a digest on the importance of good nutrition for learning. In today's digest, we compile 3 blog posts, a podcast, and an interactive lesson on nutrition and the brain.

May 28

May 28 Weekly Digest #110: Creativity in Unlikely Places

Learning Scientists

For Parents, For Researchers, For Students, For Teachers, Digests

Ideas related to creativity pop up throughout this blog: we discuss how retrieval practice and spacing can actually increase creativity; how creative problem solving can benefit from sleep, and how to develop creative critical thinking skills.

May 20

May 20 Weekly Digest #109: Burnout

Learning Scientists

For Researchers, For Teachers, Digests

Now that most of us here at Learning Scientists have put the 2017-2018 academic year behind us I thought it would be a good time to reflect on an issue that affects a lot of educators: burnout.

May 13

May 13 Weekly Digest #108: What Can We Learn From High-Performing Education Systems?

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For Teachers, For Researchers, Digests

Recently, Carolina presented at a conference for teachers in Wales, Theory to Practice Conference organized by @ImpactWales, and had the pleasure to hear a talk by Lucy Crehan. Lucy is an education consultant and expert, particularly when it comes to education systems in different countries…

May 6

May 6 Weekly Digest #107: Spiral Review

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For Teachers, Digests

In a previous weekly digest, we showed you several ways in which teachers have implemented spaced practice in their classrooms. In today’s digest, we are showing you examples of spiral review, which can be described as a specialized form of spaced or distributed practice…

Apr 29

Apr 29 Weekly Digest #106: Learning to Manage Your Own Finances

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For Students, Digests

We often talk about the big transition from high school to college in terms of becoming an independent learner. But for many students, this transition means learning to become more independent in other ways, too. College is a time when many students have to learn to manage their own finances …