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Feb 9

Feb 9 New Meta-analysis of 217 Retrieval Practice Studies

For Researchers, For Teachers, Learning Scientists Posts

I have to hand it to Google Scholar – sometimes, their algorithms are spot on. This week, I was alerted to a brand new meta-analysis on retrieval practice (1) – just published on February 1st. This meta-analysis is by far the most comprehensive ...

Feb 5

Feb 5 Weekly Digest #45: Dual Coding, Sketchnoting, and Aphantasia

Learning Scientists

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

According to the dual coding theory (1), we process verbal and visual information through separate channels. We’ve written about how to study using dual coding (and the article was recently picked up by Digital Promise); we also had a student write about how she uses dual coding to study ...

Jan 31

Jan 31 GUEST POST: Learning About Current Events -- We Must Break Out of the Social Media Echo Chamber

Learning Scientists

Guest Posts, For Teachers, For Students, For Researchers, For Parents

This isn’t going to be a political post, but I need to briefly touch on politics to frame the narrative. I scroll through Facebook a couple times a day. Every time I refresh, I see a handful of news articles posted by friends. Predominantly, I turn to The New York ...

Jan 29

Jan 29 Weekly Digest #44: Teaching Composition

Learning Scientists

For Teachers, Digests

Teaching students to write well can be extremely difficult. As professors, we’re always looking for good resources and tips for developing our students as writers at the college level. We’ve posted digests with writing resources for teachers and students, resources to assist with grading writing, and resources to help teachers teach about plagiarism, and help students recognize plagiarism. Today’s ...

Jan 24

Jan 24 GUEST POST: Multimedia Learning -- Back to the Drawing Board?

Learning Scientists

Guest Posts, For Teachers, For Researchers

How do you present visuals such as diagrams, charts, or graphs to your students? Perhaps you follow the contemporary approach by displaying a diagram on a PowerPoint slide and explaining what's shown on the slide. Or maybe you prefer the "old-school" ...

Jan 22

Jan 22 Weekly Digest #43: Unleash Your Creativity

Learning Scientists

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

Steve Jobs once said: “Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because ...