Learning Scientists Blog — The Learning Scientists

Mar 29

Mar 29 GUEST POST: Feedback -- We Still Don't Know What Works

For Teachers, For Researchers, Guest Posts

Each summer since I began teaching has had its own idiosyncratic rhythms. A few summers ago, my routine went like this: after lunch I’d take the subway into the Bronx, get off at the library, download a bunch of articles about giving feedback, and try to ...

Mar 15

Mar 15 GUEST POST: Evidence-Based Practices in Teacher Training - A Two-Fold Issue

Learning Scientists

For Teachers, For Researchers, Guest Posts

Over the past two years I have had the amazing opportunity to connect with university educators, K-12 classroom teachers, school administrators & trustees, consultants, authors, politicians, and many other experts ...

Mar 10

Mar 10 Teaching APA Style: An APA Template Paper

Megan Sumeracki

For Teachers, For Students, For Researchers, Learning Scientists Posts

Teaching students how to write in APA style? Learning to write in APA format for a class or a research project? We now have templates for one-experiment papers and multiple-experiment papers! Download our template papers here ...

Mar 7

Mar 7 How to Dance Like a Cognitive Psychologist

Yana Weinstein

For Researchers, For Students, For Teachers, For Parents, Learning Scientists Posts

I woke up in the middle of the night and checked Twitter (a terrible habit). Blurry-eyed, I scrolled until a post by David Weston on cognitive psychology applied to dance. Wow! Now I was wide awake.

I’ve been a cognitive psychologist for 10 years, ...

Mar 1

Mar 1 How Do Teachers Get Their Information About How Students Learn?

Yana Weinstein

For Teachers, For Researchers, Learning Scientists Posts

Teachers face the gargantuan task of integrating information from a myriad of sources in order to best help their students learn. But which sources are the most popular? We asked teachers on Twitter to participate in a poll; in 3 days, we received 181 responses. ...

Feb 24

Feb 24 The Boston Globe Published our Piece!

Yana Weinstein

For Teachers, For Students, For Researchers, For Parents, Learning Scientists Posts

Last night, the Boston Globe published our highly controversial opinion on standardized testing. The comments are already pouring in – we’re “supporting our own business” and we “don't give a flying pig about students”. Read the article here. ...