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Apr 19

Apr 19 Growth Mindset and Grit Interventions

Learning Scientists Posts, For Parents, For Teachers

Last week I was provided with a unique opportunity to see into the world of administration in higher education. I attended the Higher Learning Commission annual meeting...

Apr 18

Apr 18 Can Practicing Retrieval Help Future Learning?

Yana Weinstein

For Researchers, For Teachers, Learning Scientists Posts

At this point, there have been hundreds of studies demonstrating that practicing retrieval of to-be-learned information can help us remember that information later. We’ve covered many such studies on this blog, and regular readers will be very familiar with this idea.

Apr 5

Apr 5 We Can All Use a Little Mindfulness

Megan Sumeracki

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

It's that time of year. Spring break is over, and we're approaching the home stretch of the school year. For many students and educators, this is one of the most stressful times of the year. I can certainly feel it myself and with my students, and I know I'm not alone. ...

Mar 29

Mar 29 A Note on Note-Taking

Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel

Learning Scientists Posts, For Teachers, For Students

Two days ago, Yana and I ran our monthly Twitter chat, #LrnSciChat. This time we talked about Note-Taking and I have to say that I was blown away by the responses from the participating people. During the chat many great ideas for classroom implementation were generated...

Mar 22

Mar 22 Using the Six Strategies to Teach Diversity

Cindy Nebel

For Teachers, Learning Scientists Posts

I teach at a small university in the middle of Kansas, where a lot of my students come to me having never been exposed to thoughts, ideas, or persons different from themselves. While our university has some amount of diversity, most of what I hope to accomplish...

Mar 16

Mar 16 The Availability Heuristic

Yana Weinstein

For Teachers, Learning Scientists Posts, For Students

Heuristics are mental shortcuts that allow you navigate the world quickly and efficiently. Many heuristics are very useful, because they allow you to understand a situation and respond to it without processing every piece of information in detail.