All in For Teachers
If you read our blog often, you are familiar with the six strategies for effective learning. We have a number of resources already, but this guide provides a brief explanation of each strategy and compiles a set of links on the website all in one place. So, if you’re wanting a single reference or to share…
These days we are all extremely busy! So, we’ll keep it brief. Check out these resources to help you manage your workflow and stay productive. Since we know you’re busy, we’ll keep the descriptions to a minimum today and let the descriptive titles speak for themselves!
Despite its importance to students and teachers alike, engagement is a tricky concept to define… how can you tell if someone is engaged in learning? And do interest and attention lead to better learning?
There is plenty of research supporting retrieval practice as a learning strategy. If left to their own devices, students report using self-testing as a way to assess how much they know, but not as a learning strategy per se (1). However, self-quizzing is a valuable learning strategy and more effective than other strategies…
Errors are a part of life. As fallible humans, we’re bound to make mistakes. In one of my classes this week, we discussed errors in terms of learning. How do we learn from our mistakes? In 2017, Janet Metcalfe wrote a thorough review of the literature on errors…
The Learning Agency has created videos of researchers and teachers working together to implement the science of learning into the classroom. These videos are brand new today!! You can check out Learning Agency Videos here.
As a researcher deeply interested in student learning, it is extremely exciting …
