The concept that each of us has a primary method of learning or “learning style” dates back to the mid-20th century, but became popular in the 1970’s. Since then, many frameworks have emerged and become extremely prevalent in education.
Weekly Digest #112: Critical Thinking
In Cindy’s department, all general education courses are required to have a student learning objective that is assessed during the course. For their introductory psychology courses, they strive to develop critical and creative thinking skills and assess them at multiple time points…
The Art and Science of Memory Part 1
When I’ve given lectures and workshops on learning and memory to my colleagues I’ve been accused of focusing too much on how learning works in the Sciences and not enough on how learning works in the Arts.
The Benefits of Longhand Notetaking Versus Slide Annotations
From own experience as a lecturer and sitting in student-staff-forum meetings where students report what is going well and what needs to be improved, I know that there is one topic that comes to haunt us in every meeting: Provision of lecture slides before the lecture…
GUEST POST: How Do I Start to Think about Graduate School?!?
Applying for graduate school can be an intimidating experience for anyone, especially if you don’t know what to expect. As someone who recently went through the process (and was accepted into a clinical mental health counseling program!), I am excited to share …