One of my approaches to teaching (and to work in general) is to impose organization and structure for my students. It helps to decrease uncertainties, but it also makes tackling tasks more efficient and manageable…
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Are You Sure You're Spacing?
Today I’m reviewing a study that recently came out looking at how students choose to use spacing in their own study and how it relates to their performance…
Flipped Classrooms: Can We Skip the Lecture?
While we have our own internal and correlational data that allows me to cautiously allow students to skip the lecture, here we have experimental data that actually says skipping the lecture might be better for my students. Spoiler alert: it’s not that simple.
Notetaking Formats
One of the most common metaphors to describe what the first few years of medical school is like is that it is like drinking water from a fire hose. There is an overwhelming amount of information that students need to learn, and need to learn fast. One of the areas …
GUEST POST: Finals Prep: Effective Studying Methods
Due to procrastination or jam-packed schedules, last minute cramming is a tool that many students utilize when it comes to exams. Although pulling an all-nighter, cramming an entire course’s worth of knowledge with the support of caffeine, may give students gratified results, this method is not ideal for content that will be needed again in the future, nor is it helpful for cognitive performance during the exam.
FEATURED EDUCATOR: Amber Haven
Amber is a seasoned educator with over 15 years of classroom teaching experience. Since 2018, she has integrated the principles of the science of learning into her teaching practices.