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Weekly Digest #3: How Teachers Implement Interleaving In Their Curriculum
Mar 28

Mar 28 Weekly Digest #3: How Teachers Implement Interleaving In Their Curriculum

Learning Scientists
Digests

Since starting this outreach project, we’ve come out of our ivory towers and discovered that there are teachers out there already doing incredible implementation of cognitive principles into their curricula. This week, we have chosen to focus on implementation ...

GUEST POST: Why Is There So Much Pushback From Parents, Teachers, And Students About Testing?
Mar 25

Mar 25 GUEST POST: Why Is There So Much Pushback From Parents, Teachers, And Students About Testing?

Learning Scientists
For Teachers, For Parents, Guest Posts

Standardized tests related to the Common Core have met with a huge amount of pushback. These high-pressured tests are holding parents, teachers, and students accountable in a fashion that none of them enjoy. The tests do not do themselves a favor when they ...

Biases: Whether We Like it or Not, They're in All of Us
Mar 21

Mar 21 Biases: Whether We Like it or Not, They're in All of Us

Megan Sumeracki
Learning Scientists Posts

Yana and I started Learning Scientists about 2 months ago. This project has allowed us to start having conversations outside of our higher-ed academic setting. We are learning a ton, and are both basically obsessed with our new-found passion: blogging about science. ...

Weekly Digest #2: Writing Resources
Mar 20

Mar 20 Weekly Digest #2: Writing Resources

Learning Scientists
Digests

This week, the digest consists of a list of resources aimed to help with writing. Both of us (Yana and Megan) teach writing at the college level in our classes. We are also writers ourselves. One of us enjoys grammar and finds editing and proofreading absurdly fun ...

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

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

Megan Sumeracki
For Teachers, Learning Scientists Posts

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 ...

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

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