In our most recent blog post, we answered questions we have received about cognitive psychology and education. One question we received recently was about spelling: Can the spelling inventory could be given on the computer and still be valid? Ultimately, ...
A few weeks ago, we published a piece asking our readers to submit questions regarding the application of cognitive psychology to education. We received a number of excellent questions; some we were able to answer briefly, whereas others benefit from a longer ...
Kristen DiFiore has been teaching Psychology and Advanced Placement (AP) Psychology for 13 years in Morris County, NJ. She is interested in retrieval and information retention techniques and is passionate about helping new educators achieve ...
Three of us have kids, and two of us are raising their children bilingually. Today, from our newest Learning Scientist, Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel, we feature 5 resources with information on raising bilingual children. Last week my husband told me a funny ...
Dual coding, or combining words with visuals for learning, can be a great way to promote student learning. The words can be written or spoken, and the visuals can take many forms such as static illustrations, graphs, charts, photos, or maps, or dynamic ...
WOW - So I just caught myself going down the same kind of dangerous, circuitous-logic path that I so often criticize:
I have recently seen A LOT of media relating to the impact of homework ...
