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Nov 9

Nov 9 Does Piano Learning Benefit From Spaced Practice?

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

Today, I thought it would be nice to revisit the topic of music, but in a different way: A recent study (1) investigated whether learning to play the piano benefits from spaced practice and, to my surprise, they found this not to be the case...

Nov 5

Nov 5 Weekly Digest #84: Deliberate Practice

Learning Scientists

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

Today, one of our co-founders (Yana) is giving a keynote at a conference with Anders Ericsson, the leading expert on expertise (yes, you read that right). In honor of this, for today's digest we have put together a set of resources on deliberate practice ...

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 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 12

Oct 12 Separation From Your Cellphone Boosts Your Cognitive Capacity

Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel

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

In a recent weekly digest, we explored the pros and cons about cellphones in the classroom. In today’s blog post, I would like to contribute to that discussion by presenting a new research study that looked into the effects of the mere presence of one’s cellphone while performing...