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Oct 22

Oct 22 Weekly Digest #82: How To Successfully Bust Myths

A couple of months ago we published a guest post on “How to Help Students Overcome Misconceptions”. Misconceptions and myths are daily fare in education. It is usually extremely difficult to convince someone to overcome...

Oct 19

Oct 19 Teaching the Science of Learning to Students – Part 1, Why We Started the Learning Scientists Project

Megan Sumeracki

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

This is a two-part blog series. In Part 1, I tell some personal stories about why we started the Learning Scientists Project, and highlight some important issues related to evidence for the six strategies producing effective learning and evidence that students can transfer ...

Oct 18

Oct 18 GUEST POST: Exploring Retrieval Practice with Younger Students

Learning Scientists

Guest Posts, For Teachers

If you are reading the Learning Scientist blog, then most likely you know about the mounds of research behind the effectiveness of retrieval practice (RP) and spaced practice. In the UK, there is a surge of interest in strategies that can help students remember more ...

Oct 15

Oct 15 Weekly Digest #81: Classroom Research

Learning Scientists

For Researchers, For Teachers, Digests

In a recent blog post, Cindy described many of the problems with classroom research. This type of research is messy and is often therefore too large of a risk for professors whose careers depend on successful research outcomes. However, there has been ...

Oct 12

Oct 12 Separation From Your Cellphone Boosts Your Cognitive Capacity

Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel

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

In a recent weekly digest, we explored the pros and cons about cellphones in the classroom. In today’s blog post, I would like to contribute to that discussion by presenting a new research study that looked into the effects of the mere presence of one’s cellphone while performing...

Oct 10

Oct 10 GUEST POST: Multiple-choice Testing: Are the Best Practices for Assessment Also Good for Learning?

Learning Scientists

Guest Posts, For Teachers, For Researchers

Multiple-choice tests are very popular in education for a variety of reasons – they are easy to grade, offer greater objectivity, and can allow more content to be covered on a single test. As a result of its popularity and utility, multiple-choice testing has been the focus ...