Learning Scientists Blog — The Learning Scientists

Jul 3

Jul 3 Weekly Digest #17: Sleeping and Learning

For Students, For Researchers, For Teachers, For Parents, Digests

In keeping with our recent theme of mental health, let us advise you to stop reading this and go have a nap. No, really. Sleep is one of the very best things that you can do for yourself physically, mentally, and emotionally. And sadly it is frequently sacrificed in ...

Jun 30

Jun 30 How to Design a Blog Writing Assignment in 3 Easy Steps

Yana Weinstein

For Teachers, For Researchers, Learning Scientists Posts

A few months into our blog, we received an e-mail from Dr. Jennifer McCabe at Goucher College telling us about an assignment she had implemented for her upper-level seminar on the topic of "Cognition, Teaching, and Learning." We were very flattered to ...

Jun 28

Jun 28 GUEST POST: Developing Expertise In Our Students Through Optimal Learning [VIDEO]

Learning Scientists

For Teachers, Guest Posts

In this recorded lecture, Asher takes us through some key concepts from cognitive psychology and how they apply directly to education. Below Asher has broken down the lecture into segments, so that you can skip right to the topic(s) you’re most interested ...

Jun 26

Jun 26 Weekly Digest #16: On The Importance of Taking Breaks

Learning Scientists

For Teachers, For Researchers, Digests

The three of us learning scientists recently had a conversation about the summer and how much work academics and teachers should do over breaks. Sure, classes stop over the summer (or at least slow down for those of us in a college setting), but there’s ...

Jun 23

Jun 23 Learn how to Study Using... Retrieval Practice

Megan Sumeracki

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

The purpose of today’s post is to give students a resource to help them take charge of their own learning. We’re going to do a series of these over the next few weeks; today’s post is about retrieval practice – a useful method for studying any material ...

Jun 21

Jun 21 GUEST POST: Framing Effects in the Classroom - What can Teachers Learn from Politicians?

Learning Scientists

Guest Posts, For Teachers, For Parents

Throughout George W. Bush’s presidency, I read pretty well everything I could get my hands on in an attempt to understand why the American electorate was buying into his rhetoric. The element of the Bush administration I became most fascinated with ...