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Be Your Own Teacher: How To Study Verb Conjugations
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. ...

How to Dance Like a Cognitive Psychologist
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, ...

How I Went From High-school Slacker to Passionate College Student
Mar 4

Mar 4 How I Went From High-school Slacker to Passionate College Student

Learning Scientists
For Students, For Parents, Guest Posts

Every student follows their own educational path. Mine has led me to somewhere I never thought I could reach, outside of my comfort zone. I went through public school believing senior year would be the end of my education. ...

How Do Teachers Get Their Information About How Students Learn?
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. ...

How Can We Help Our Students Love Quizzing (Part 2)
Feb 29

Feb 29 How Can We Help Our Students Love Quizzing (Part 2)

Megan Sumeracki
For Teachers, For Students, Learning Scientists Posts

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 ...

How Can we Help our Students Love Quizzing? (Part 1)
Feb 26

Feb 26 How Can we Help our Students Love Quizzing? (Part 1)

Megan Sumeracki
For Teachers, For Students, Learning Scientists Posts

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 ...

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