All in For Parents
Stereotype threat refers to the concern associated with possibly confirming a negative stereotype about oneself. This concern can create additional cognitive load, which can in turn impede learning and retrieval. In today’s digest, I’ve selected some resources that describe research…
With the COVID-19 pandemic there has been a great deal of discussion about kids learning from videos and through virtual classrooms (like Zoom). Many of these discussions have been around whether kids, especially younger school-aged children, can learn in the virtual environment. Of course, learning from technology is not new…
For today’s digest I teamed up with Dr Chiara Horlin who is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Psychology at the University of Glasgow and an expert in neurodiversity and what role it plays in education…
Last week we had an interesting Twitter chat (#LrnSciChat) on the benefits and challenges of teaching students how to code. We thought it would be nice to follow up that Twitter chat with a digest on this topic…
Every so often articles like this pop up claiming that critical thinking is a soft skill and is surely not being taught in schools, despite its importance in the workplace and everyday life.
Quincey Farmer is an elementary teacher and administrator who has taught both domestically and abroad. He is an advocate of data-based instruction and evidence-based approaches. Quincey finds data particularly important as he transitions to a specialized role focused on identifying and nurturing …
