As of last October, the CDC estimates that approximately 1 in 16 adults in the United States have been diagnosed with ADHD (1). Despite the high prevalence of ADHD in adults, there are few resources for adult learners with ADHD.
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GUEST POST: What 130,000 Student Questions to AI Reveal About Critical Thinking
The conversation around generative AI in education is often dominated by a sense of apprehension. Will these powerful new tools encourage students to take shortcuts, offload their thinking, and sidestep the valuable productive struggle that leads to genuine learning?
Interleaving Is Less Effective When Taking Notes
The study I’m reviewing today took place in the laboratory, but examined a common situation in the classroom that might matter: note-taking. If students are able to take notes while learning, does that change the degree to which interleaving helps them?
Cognitive Networks: Exposure Matters
In my last blog, I wrote about cognitive networks and implicit bias. The gist of the post was that our systems allow us to categorize and generalize, flexibly and automatically, and that this generally helps us. For example, we have some general rules …
Cognitive Networks and Implicit Bias
As a cognitive psychology professor, I teach about cognitive networks and how we process, organize, and respond to the world around us. We are able to quickly and flexibly process and categorize items around us, understanding what they are and …