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Last week, this article titled “Exclusive: Growth mindset is ‘bullshit’, says leading geneticist” popped up on my Facebook newsfeed. We’ve talked about growth mindset before (see here and here), so today I’m not going to spend time refuting the claims made in this article exactly.
As most of our followers know, the Learning Scientists team was “on tour” earlier this month giving a series of workshops over the course of a week in England. While giving a number of workshops all in a row while on the road is tiring, we returned from the trip extremely excited and energized. Talking …
Welcome back! We hope everyone had a lovely holiday season and is so far enjoying a happy new year in 2019. The Learning Scientists team was lucky enough to spend the early part of January in England running a series of workshops for teachers and other educators. We had an amazing time talking with everyone about the science of learning and practice in the classroom. We owe a huge thank you to …
We hope you're enjoying this holiday season, whether you're celebrating a holiday, the end of the year, or just time away from the typical grind. We're taking a break to spend some time with family and friends. In early January, 2019, the Learning Scientists will be …
The strategies that we advocate for all have been shown to improve memory, to increase the likelihood or frequency that we will remember something in the future. But today I’m not going to talk about remembering something. Today I want to talk about forgetting.
We're right in the middle of a season where a lot of us are giving thanks and reflecting on the year we have had. For some of us it is because of American or Canadian Thanksgiving, Japanese Labour Thanksgiving, or Turkish National Day of Thanks,…
