All in For Students
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, ...
Every student follows their own educational path. Mine has led me to somewhere I never thought I could reach, outside of my comfort zone. I went through public school believing senior year would be the end of my education. ...
Another barrier to consider is that students may simply not know that quizzing is better than re-reading. It’s easy enough for us to get caught up in the literature and assume that students and even teachers all “know” about ...
I (Megan) teach mostly Juniors and Seniors at Rhode Island College. But, I still start every class with a lesson on effective study strategies. At Rhode Island College, many students commute to school and have jobs outside ...
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. ...
Recently, Yana posted this envelope on our @AceThatTest Twitter account, and the post went viral. We were very excited when David Didau (@LearningSpy) blogged about the envelope in two fantastic posts, "The Learning Styles Myth Debunked on the Back of an Envelope" and ...
