This guide came about because I (Yana) noticed that I was often having to translate terms from English sources to our American audience.
Here we present a set of terms commonly used in England when referring to education. ...
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This guide came about because I (Yana) noticed that I was often having to translate terms from English sources to our American audience.
Here we present a set of terms commonly used in England when referring to education. ...
I want to take a step back now. Scientists and instructors desperately need to take a moment, pause, and listen to each other. We started this blog by highlighting this problem, but let’s take a look at how far we’ve come. Here’s a mini-synthesis of the top 10 ...
When I first started teaching at UMass Lowell 3 years ago, I didn’t know much about teaching. One thing I did know, though, was that my lectures were going to involve a lot of quizzing. I started off with two sections of ...
Over the past week, we have been working with Oliver Caviglioli to develop a concept map that depicts how we conceptualize retrieval practice. There are a lot of things we as researchers take for granted about this cognitive process, and Oliver thought it would ...
Yana and I started Learning Scientists about 2 months ago. This project has allowed us to start having conversations outside of our higher-ed academic setting. We are learning a ton, and are both basically obsessed with our new-found passion: blogging about science. ...