Last Summer, I visited a friend whose son was about to take his exams. We found ourselves in one of those familiar conversations you get into as a teacher-friend. “So, tell Tricia what you are doing to revise for your exams.”
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Weekly Digest #98: Science of Learning Initiatives
Our regular readers will know that we are passionate about the science of learning, and over the past couple of years our blog and social media presence have become a bit of a hub for teachers and other educators interested in the science of learning.
Which Should Come First: Problem-Solving or Instruction?
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) classes have been the strong focus of discovery ( or constructivist, problem-based, active-learning) methods of instruction, certainly with some success...
Weekly Digest #97: Benefits and Pitfalls of Mindfulness Interventions in Schools
In today’s digest, we want to give a quick overview of different positions on mindfulness training in schools. Mindfulness is the experience of being present in the moment; an enhanced awareness of oneself. It can be achieved through different mediation exercises...
Memorizing versus Understanding
This post continues a series of posts on the value of memory. I wrote a few months ago about how memory is used for everything we do, and recently published a post-humus guest blog by Ralph A. Raimi in defense of memorization.
Weekly Digest #96: Why Teachers Blog
We love teacher blogs. They have become an amazing way to take a peek into a diverse set of classrooms, and for us sharing blogs has been a way to open up communication among many different types of educators, including teachers and researchers. If you're ...