When I was in school, our teachers would sometimes let us watch movies during classroom time to add to the topic that we had been taught before. For example, in History we watched “Schindler’s List” after discussing World War II and Holocaust ...
All in For Teachers
When I was in school, our teachers would sometimes let us watch movies during classroom time to add to the topic that we had been taught before. For example, in History we watched “Schindler’s List” after discussing World War II and Holocaust ...
Here are 5 statements about learning that I have come across in the last year:
“Learning is what happens when you think hard.” Prof. Rob Coe (1)
“Learning is ...
In the comments section embedded in the Learning Scientists' Weekly Digest #37: Teaching Spelling, I proposed that the English spelling system is best studied by learning deep underlying structures, rather than surface features that will inevitably ...
As an instructor in higher education, this time of year brings a bit of trepidation. As a tenure-track professor at a teaching university, this time of year can make or break my future. Reading the tweets above make me realize that course evaluations may mean ...
Learning difficulties - particularly attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - are often remedied by efforts focusing on academic accommodations, identified studying techniques, and sometimes medications. However, research has found that for some...
In our most recent blog post, we answered questions we have received about cognitive psychology and education. One question we received recently was about spelling: Can the spelling inventory could be given on the computer and still be valid? Ultimately, ...