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Nov 1

Nov 1 GUEST POST: The Relationship between Affect and Cognition in Teaching and Learning (A Case Study)

Guest Posts, For Teachers, For Researchers

This weekend, we published a digest on memory and emotion. In this guest post, we learn about a case study that illustrates how emotion can have an impact on teaching.

I’d like to introduce you to Mary. Mary is an experienced Kindergarten...

Oct 29

Oct 29 Weekly Digest #83: Memory and Emotion

Learning Scientists

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

It's the weekend before Halloween, and many of the decorations and activities at this time of the year are meant to be scary. If you're a parent, you may also have very happy emotions associated with Halloween, visiting pumpkin patches, carving ...

Oct 26

Oct 26 Teaching the Science of Learning to Students – Part 2, Do College Students Transfer their Use of Effective Learning Strategies?

Megan Sumeracki

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

This is a two-part blog series. Now, in Part 2, I will share some of the collaborative work I have been doing to create first-year seminar materials to help teach the science of learning to first-year college students, what I have learned anecdotally, and the many ...

Oct 22

Oct 22 Weekly Digest #82: How To Successfully Bust Myths

Learning Scientists

For Researchers, For Teachers, Digests

A couple of months ago we published a guest post on “How to Help Students Overcome Misconceptions”. Misconceptions and myths are daily fare in education. It is usually extremely difficult to convince someone to overcome...

Oct 19

Oct 19 Teaching the Science of Learning to Students – Part 1, Why We Started the Learning Scientists Project

Megan Sumeracki

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

This is a two-part blog series. In Part 1, I tell some personal stories about why we started the Learning Scientists Project, and highlight some important issues related to evidence for the six strategies producing effective learning and evidence that students can transfer ...

Oct 15

Oct 15 Weekly Digest #81: Classroom Research

Learning Scientists

For Researchers, For Teachers, Digests

In a recent blog post, Cindy described many of the problems with classroom research. This type of research is messy and is often therefore too large of a risk for professors whose careers depend on successful research outcomes. However, there has been ...