Have you ever seen clips of people competing in so-called memory competitions and asked yourself: How do they do this? How are they able to memorize a whole bunch of random facts or numbers in a short amount of time? Watch the video ...
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The Learning Scientists: A Reflection on our One-Year Anniversary
bout 1 year ago in January 2016, the two of us (Megan Smith and Yana Weinstein) started the Learning Scientists. As many projects do, it started out very small and is continuously evolving. Today, we want to take time to reflect on how we got started, how the ...
Cognitive Psychology and Education: Your Questions Answered (Volume 2)
A few months ago, we published a piece in which we answered select reader questions. Here, we continue the series with 5 further questions.
Q1: Does retrieval practice also help ...
Trying to Solve a Problem? Sleep on it!
A while ago we featured a blog post on sleep and memory. In today’s post, I want give an overview on the benefits of sleep on problem-solving and creativity.
To find a solution to a problem, students need to ...
Social Class in the Classroom: Highlighting Disadvantages
Students in the classroom come from differing backgrounds and home environments, and certainly some students begin school with a greater advantage than others. A great deal of research has demonstrated a relationship between ...
Happy Holidays!
We are on vacation! The next blog post will be out on January 3rd 2017. In the meantime, here are a few updates and our most popular posts from 2016.