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Be Your Own Teacher: How To Study Verb Conjugations
Many languages require the conjugation of verbs if they follow a pronoun. An effective way to study and learn these different conjugations is to use two stacks of flashcards simultaneously. One stack will consist of verbs, and the other stack will be the pronouns. ...
How to Dance Like a Cognitive Psychologist
I woke up in the middle of the night and checked Twitter (a terrible habit). Blurry-eyed, I scrolled until a post by David Weston on cognitive psychology applied to dance. Wow! Now I was wide awake.
I’ve been a cognitive psychologist for 10 years, ...
How I Went From High-school Slacker to Passionate College Student
Every student follows their own educational path. Mine has led me to somewhere I never thought I could reach, outside of my comfort zone. I went through public school believing senior year would be the end of my education. ...
How Can We Help Our Students Love Quizzing (Part 2)
Another barrier to consider is that students may simply not know that quizzing is better than re-reading. It’s easy enough for us to get caught up in the literature and assume that students and even teachers all “know” about ...
How Can we Help our Students Love Quizzing? (Part 1)
I (Megan) teach mostly Juniors and Seniors at Rhode Island College. But, I still start every class with a lesson on effective study strategies. At Rhode Island College, many students commute to school and have jobs outside ...