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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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Last night, the Boston Globe published our highly controversial opinion on standardized testing. The comments are already pouring in – we’re “supporting our own business” and we “don't give a flying pig about students”. Read the article here. ...
Recently, Yana posted this envelope on our @AceThatTest Twitter account, and the post went viral. We were very excited when David Didau (@LearningSpy) blogged about the envelope in two fantastic posts, "The Learning Styles Myth Debunked on the Back of an Envelope" and ...
One thing that has always bothered me about the advice that students should practice retrieval is the lack of specific instructions regarding how they should go about actually doing it. It’s all well and good for us to tell our students they ought to do something – but ...
