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Jul 25

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

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 22

Jul 22 Weekly Digest #118: Embodied Cognition: Use of Body and Space To Improve Learning

Learning Scientists

For Teachers, Digests

Last week we ran another #LrnSciChat Twitter chat and discussed the role of the body and space for learning and teaching. An approach in cognitive psychology called “embodied cognition” emphasizes the importance of one’s body for learning,…

Jul 19

Jul 19 Retrieval Practice: Hiding Broccoli in the Brownies

Megan Sumeracki

Learning Scientists Posts, For Teachers, For Parents

In college, one of my roommates really liked the cookbook Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food. The cookbook is full of dessert recipes with purred vegetables in it, and my roommate joked that she was going to bake brownies with …

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.

Jul 15

Jul 15 Weekly Digest #117: The Relationship between Mental Health and Cognition

Learning Scientists

For Parents, For Students, For Teachers, Digests

With the recent rise in mental health issues in young people (and academics), the manner in which those mental health issues affects cognitive performance becomes a serious consideration for those in education.

Jul 12

Jul 12 Learning from Escape Rooms

Althea Need Kaminske

For Teachers, Learning Scientists Posts

Escape rooms have become increasingly popular over the last decade.... The interactive format and team based problem solving has made escape rooms popular with teachers as well.