The progress in technology changed the way we perceive, behave, and interact with each other. With the rapidly changing nature of gathering information and communication, it becomes important that people at a young age already know how to use technology such as ...
Right now, fidget spinners are all the rage. They’ve become so popular that they became a topic of discussion on my (Megan’s) local Rhode Island radio station that I listen to during my commutes, Lite Rock 105. Amy Pontes (@amyliterock105) brought them up because of their ...
Why don’t students use examples to help them, and what can we do to make our examples more effective?The answer to these questions can be somewhat complicated. It could boil down to a combination of lack of experience, motivation, or innate skill or ...
In 1998, Mueller and Dweck published their landmark study establishing mindset as a possible influence on student performance (1). Since then, mindset has been widely studied and this work has led to multiple intervention programs. However, as with other education trends, ...
You certainly have encountered many notions of the learning styles concept. We have covered this topic before. It is the idea that people have a specific learning preference and that instruction should be tailored according to that preference in order to enhance ...
As a college student, I am very familiar with that overwhelming feeling of, how am I going to remember all of this information for my exam? I think we have all at some point felt like we really wanted to do well on a test, tried really hard, and still didn't get the grade ...
