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Oct 25

Oct 25 Hocus Focus

Learning Scientists Posts, For Teachers, For Students, For Researchers, For Parents

It’s the time of year when the days are getting shorter and, in the case of some of my students, so are attention spans…

Oct 22

Oct 22 Weekly Digest #129: Students Under Stress

Learning Scientists

For Teachers, For Students, For Researchers, For Parents, Digests

When one of our very first guest bloggers reached out to us recently asking about resources for students under severe stress, we realized that we hadn’t broached this issue on our blog yet. This hugely important issues will take more than a quick digest to explore,

Oct 14

Oct 14 Weekly Digest #128: Fall Safety

Learning Scientists

For Teachers, For Parents, Digests

Two years ago, around this time of year, we published a digest on teaching kids about safety. Whether you and your family like to take part in Halloween festivities or like to steer clear of this holiday, teaching kids about safety can benefit them. In this digest, we revisit …

Oct 7

Oct 7 Weekly Digest #127: Women in Physics

Learning Scientists

For Parents, For Teachers, For Students, Digests

This past week Donna Strickland won the Nobel Prize in Physics for her work on chirp pulse amplification. Dr. Strickland’s win was particularly notable because it has been 55 years since a woman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Sep 30

Sep 30 Weekly Digest #126: Memory Researchers As Science Communicators

Learning Scientists

For Teachers, For Parents, For Researchers, Digests

In today’s digest, we would like to highlight researchers who have spoken or written about how our memory works in order to inform a broader audience…

Sep 20

Sep 20 Highlighting With Reservations

Althea Need Kaminske

Learning Scientists Posts, For Students, For Teachers, For Researchers, For Parents

After reading a summary of the research on highlighting I became an adamant anti-highlighter (1). I mean, it was worse than re-reading in some cases. Re-reading. The standard control in memory experiments.