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GUEST POST: What does it take for students to exchange bad study habits for good?
Aug 16

Aug 16 GUEST POST: What does it take for students to exchange bad study habits for good?

Learning Scientists
Guest Posts, For Researchers, For Teachers

This is the story of what we tried and learned from our pilot “Unlocking the Learning Code” project. We attempted a distributed approach to teaching study skills and conducted pre- and post-intervention surveys with the students. While we haven’t (yet!) seen tremendous results

Weekly Digest #72: Talk to the Learning Scientists!
Aug 13

Aug 13 Weekly Digest #72: Talk to the Learning Scientists!

Learning Scientists
For Teachers, For Researchers, For Students, For Parents, Digests

There are various ways in which researchers can communicate about their findings with practitioners. There are two broad models of researcher-practitioner communication in education research: the active dissemination model, and the passive dissemination model

Behaviorism in the Classroom
Aug 10

Aug 10 Behaviorism in the Classroom

Cindy Nebel
For Teachers, Learning Scientists Posts

A couple weeks ago, we provided several resources talking about behaviorism in the classroom. Today, we would like to provide our own overview of behaviorism and how it can be used in the classroom to promote learning. While often used as tools for classroom ...

GUEST POST: Postsecondary Transition for Students with Disabilities
Aug 9

Aug 9 GUEST POST: Postsecondary Transition for Students with Disabilities

Learning Scientists
Guest Posts, For Researchers, For Teachers

Recent changes in US legislature require improved preparation for postsecondary education and increased access to academic accommodations in postsecondary educational (PSE) settings. As a result, students with hidden disabilities...

Weekly Digest #71: Technology to Help You Create an Active Classroom Environment
Aug 6

Aug 6 Weekly Digest #71: Technology to Help You Create an Active Classroom Environment

Learning Scientists
For Teachers, For Researchers, Digests

In previous posts and digests, we have discussed active learning (see this post and this digest, or check out all of our posts tagged as "active learning"). In this digest, we provide a number of resources to help you actively engage students in the classroom with ...

Using Retrieval Practice to Learn Vocabulary in the  Elementary School Classroom
Aug 4

Aug 4 Using Retrieval Practice to Learn Vocabulary in the Elementary School Classroom

Yana Weinstein
Learning Scientists Posts, For Teachers, For Researchers

We were recently in England (June and July 2017) talking with teachers all over the country. One teacher at ResearchED Rugby asked us to write more about effective procedures for using retrieval practice (and other strategies) with younger children.

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