All in Learning Scientists Posts
In today’s post, I am sharing an experiment published by Doug Rohrer, Robert Dedrick, and Kaleena Burgess (1) on interleaving in the classroom. I really like this experiment because it was conducted with middle school 7th graders (12 years old) in different math classes over the course of 11 weeks in their math …
Research papers are written for an audience of other academics who are experts in the field and have the background knowledge. However, teachers may benefit from reading research papers in order to get a first-hand account of why and how research is conducted and what can be concluded from research findings. In this post, I will give an overview of the overall structure of research papers and go into detail what teachers may want to focus on within each section of a research paper…
In a recent conversation on Twitter, an educator asked for an explanation for the learning styles myth. Lots of individuals spoke up to explain why it is considered a myth and why it can be problematic. But someone also commented that matching instruction to learning style might actually HURT learning…
If you read our blog even occasionally, you know retrieval practice has many benefits. Retrieval improves learning and memory, reduces test anxiety, and can protect against learning losses associated with stress. Today, I’ll be writing about another benefit of retrieval practice, reducing processing load. …
In an effort to design a course that would satisfy my learning objectives for the course and to try out an “ungrading” approach, I settled on using primary source articles …. I’ve spent the last few weeks reading about reading to figure out how to bridge this gap for students in my course.
There is plenty of research showing the benefits of spaced retrieval and active learning techniques on previously-taught material (1) (2). However, can these strategies also be used to boost self-assessment skills in students? Students with good self-assessment skills are better able to monitor…
