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Jun 20

Jun 20 GUEST POST: How I Used Memory Techniques to Graduate From College With a Traumatic Brain Injury

Learning Scientists

Guest Posts, For Students, For Teachers

In April 2015, I was hit by a car while pushing my broken down car on the freeway.

Apparently, I flew 20 feet in the air.

I had been in a coma for 2 weeks, hospitalized for another…

Jun 14

Jun 14 The Art and Science of Memory Part 2

Althea Need Kaminske

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

This post continues from a post I did last week discussing whether there is a difference between memory and learning and a difference in learning in the Arts and Sciences.

Jun 12

Jun 12 GUEST POST: Learning Styles - A Detriment to Effective Student Learning

Learning Scientists

For Teachers, For Parents, For Students, Guest Posts

The concept that each of us has a primary method of learning or “learning style” dates back to the mid-20th century, but became popular in the 1970’s. Since then, many frameworks have emerged and become extremely prevalent in education.

Jun 7

Jun 7 The Art and Science of Memory Part 1

Althea Need Kaminske

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

When I’ve given lectures and workshops on learning and memory to my colleagues I’ve been accused of focusing too much on how learning works in the Sciences and not enough on how learning works in the Arts.

Jun 3

Jun 3 Weekly Digest #111: Nutrition and the Brain

Learning Scientists

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

We have published digests on the importance of exercise and sleep, but we have never compiled a digest on the importance of good nutrition for learning. In today's digest, we compile 3 blog posts, a podcast, and an interactive lesson on nutrition and the brain.

May 31

May 31 The Benefits of Longhand Notetaking Versus Slide Annotations

Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel

Learning Scientists Posts, For Teachers, For Students

From own experience as a lecturer and sitting in student-staff-forum meetings where students report what is going well and what needs to be improved, I know that there is one topic that comes to haunt us in every meeting: Provision of lecture slides before the lecture…