Talk to any high school student about homework, and then watch their face.
Do we do homework well? How can research help us do it better?
Parents and teachers mistakenly equate hours of homework ...
Weekly Digest #65: The Case Against Inquiry-Based Learning
In a March blog post, Megan walked through the evidence against pure discovery learning, noting that direct instruction is needed for novices in particular and that, once a baseline of knowledge is established, inquiry-based approaches can be ...
How Social is Social Media?
Better technology, faster and omnipresent internet connection, and the existence of social networking sites have changed the way we communicate with each other and what we share about ourselves. If you – like me – have a Facebook account you may have shared information with people that you haven’t seen in years and that you probably will not ever encounter face-to-face for...
GUEST POST: Disconnect in the Classroom
The other day on Twitter, I found myself reading through a somewhat comical conversation among a few edu-twitterers/teachers/researchers concerning the compilation of education research: ...
Weekly Digest #64: Preparing a Learning-Focused Syllabus
“... even the most detailed syllabus cannot save an instructor from being deluged with the same questions from students over and over. This is because, of course, even the most detailed information is useless to a person who does not take the time to ...
Classroom Blunders: When Learning Science Goes Awry
Sometimes we are contacted by instructors or students and are asked for a prescription for how to study or how to implement the strategies successfully. We have a lot of reasons why we can’t offer a simple answer to these questions, but today I want to offer you a personal ...