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Mar 18

Mar 18 I'm a Teacher Who Loves Quizzing; But Does Quiz Format Matter?

In a previous 2-part blog post (part 1, part 2), we discussed the benefits of frequently quizzing our students. Of course, providing quizzes in class can mean a lot of different things. I (Megan) mentioned that I give my students extra credit quizzes. Here’s what ...

Mar 15

Mar 15 GUEST POST: Evidence-Based Practices in Teacher Training - A Two-Fold Issue

Learning Scientists

For Teachers, For Researchers, Guest Posts

Over the past two years I have had the amazing opportunity to connect with university educators, K-12 classroom teachers, school administrators & trustees, consultants, authors, politicians, and many other experts ...

Mar 10

Mar 10 Teaching APA Style: An APA Template Paper

Megan Sumeracki

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

Teaching students how to write in APA style? Learning to write in APA format for a class or a research project? We now have templates for one-experiment papers and multiple-experiment papers! Download our template papers here ...

Mar 9

Mar 9 Be Your Own Teacher: How To Study Verb Conjugations

Learning Scientists

For Students, For Teachers, Guest Posts

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. ...

Mar 7

Mar 7 How to Dance Like a Cognitive Psychologist

Yana Weinstein

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

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, ...

Mar 1

Mar 1 How Do Teachers Get Their Information About How Students Learn?

Yana Weinstein

For Teachers, For Researchers, Learning Scientists Posts

Teachers face the gargantuan task of integrating information from a myriad of sources in order to best help their students learn. But which sources are the most popular? We asked teachers on Twitter to participate in a poll; in 3 days, we received 181 responses. ...