All in For Students
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 …
I’m currently preparing teaching for the upcoming academic year. One focus for me has been student self-regulated learning and time management skills. So, as I’m developing resources for students and designing the curriculum, I refer to research to understand students’ motivations to pick up and stick with effective learning strategies. Today’s post is a previously published blog post that has helped me make strategic educational decisions.…
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 …
A couple of months ago I have started re-learning French with a language learning app. I studied French in school for many years and was quite fluent in it at the end of my schooling. Unfortunately, I then stopped speaking or engaging in the language. Fast forward to today...
Our brains - that’s the part that does the thinking - are, for better or worse, part of our bodies .... As such there are a vast number of interconnected systems that affect us and our thinking and learning as we move throughout the day. Even your mood can affect your memory and your ability to perform well on an exam.
