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Oct 4

Oct 4 GUEST BLOG: "School of the Future" -- How Are Schools Evolving?

Guest Posts, For Teachers, For Researchers, For Parents

Inequity is rampant in America, with children in low-income households starting at a disadvantage and falling further behind throughout their schooling. Nova’s School of the Future Segment highlights how research and technology can help ...

Oct 2

Oct 2 Weekly Digest #29: Why do You Procrastinate, and What Can You do About it?

Learning Scientists

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

One of us (Yana) was asked by an undergraduate student to participate in an expert interview on procrastination for their College Writing class. Not being an actual expert on this – unless you count personal experience! – I had to quickly read up on the science ...

Sep 27

Sep 27 GUEST POST: Is Your Feedback Carefully Used, or Barely Perused?

Learning Scientists

Guest Posts, For Researchers, For Teachers

Do your students engage with your feedback comprehensively and with an open mind? Plenty of anecdotal and empirical evidence tells us that the answer might be “no.” Indeed, our own students have openly told us that their strategies include hiding ...

Sep 25

Sep 25 Weekly Digest #28: The Effectiveness of Study Groups

Learning Scientists

For Teachers, For Students, Digests

Last week was exam week in Cindy’s classes and after discussing their study strategies, many students reported having used study groups outside of class. Given that many students probably have exams coming up, we thought it might be beneficial to look into ...

Sep 20

Sep 20 GUEST POST: When Theory Falls Short - Exploring Classroom-Based Learning Strategies at Scale

Learning Scientists

Guest Posts, For Teachers, For Researchers

The learning science field has equipped both teachers and students alike with a robust toolset of effective learning strategies. But do the learning strategies we’ve come to know and love transfer between learning environments? For example, just ...

Sep 18

Sep 18 Weekly Digest #27: Resources for Teaching Content Curation

Learning Scientists

For Teachers, For Researchers, Digests

A few days ago, we reblogged a portion of Saga Briggs’ blog from InformED where she highlighted the importance of content curation skills. This week for our digest, Saga provides her top 5 resources to help students and teachers curate information ...