All in Guest Posts
Paul A. Kirschner, @P_A_Kirschner, is Distinguished University Professor in the Welten Institute at the Open University of the Netherlands and describes himself as an educational realist and grumpy old man. Together with collaborator Mirjam Neelen, @MirjamN, Paul writes a rigorously evidence-based educational blog (for an article on homework that we reblogged, see here.
Oliver Caviglioli, @olivercavigliol, is a former special-school head of many years, who later on in his career turned to visualization.
Did you know that sprinter Usain Bolt is right-footed? And that’s the reason he’s the fastest runner ever recorded? You haven’t heard this? Good, because it’s not true. Turns out he relied on both his feet to break the world records in the 100- and 200-meter races ...
Recently, we published a student guest post that talked about the benefits of handwriting over laptop use. But not all students are able to handwrite quickly and efficiently. In this post, Martin describes how he overcame this setback and uses laptops to take ...
Like many students, I have highlighted and underlined, reread my notes, and summarized the material; but, what I have found to be most helpful is retrieval practice (also known as the testing effect). Retrieval practice as a form of studying and learning ...
Learning new concepts in a math class at any level of education can be challenging. To learn these concepts well, it is important to use an effective strategy that strengthens your understanding of the material. Self-explanation is a learning technique ...
