Learning Scientists Blog — The Learning Scientists

Sep 12

Sep 12 GUEST POST: How Does Testing Affect Related, Untested Content?

For Teachers, For Researchers, Guest Posts

You’re doing everything right as an instructor. You encourage your students to study using flashcards and other forms of retrieval practice (i.e., recalling information from memory) and regularly administer quizzes during class.

Sep 5

Sep 5 GUEST POST: Make the Presentation Count

Learning Scientists

Guest Posts, For Teachers

How often have you added pictures or gifs to a PowerPoint presentation to spice it up? It turns out that these fun additions can actually negatively impact your audience's learning. This is especially important for educators and students…

Aug 7

Aug 7 GUEST POST: Personalizing Professional Learning

Learning Scientists

Guest Posts, For Teachers

I divide my work into seasons and transitions. The first season (spring) I taught in a K-12 environment for 25 years. Near the transition to the second season (summer), I knew I had one thing left to do. I wanted to create a level playing field for children, who enter school without a fair and equal chance of succeeding.

Aug 1

Aug 1 GUEST POST: The Murky Waters of Generational Learning Preferences

Learning Scientists

For Teachers, For Students, Guest Posts

Thanks for joining me on my latest myth busting expedition! My first two expeditions lead me to debunking learning style theories and psychological types, specifically the MBTI.

Jul 25

Jul 25 GUEST POST: Acing my Dressage Test: Cognitive Psychology at the Barn

Learning Scientists

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

When I’m not busy being a professor, I can be found at the barn with my nine year old Thoroughbred horse (Chance). Chance was bred to be a racehorse but he was too slow, so he opted for a career change.

Jul 17

Jul 17 GUEST POST: Transforming Students to Learners

Learning Scientists

Guest Posts, For Teachers, For Researchers

I think a lot about how to transform students to lifelong learners. It is not only a matter of being an effective educator; it is the right thing to do morally. The drive to help students become learners goes beyond the students enrolled in my classes.