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Nov 9

Nov 9 Does Piano Learning Benefit From Spaced Practice?

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

Today, I thought it would be nice to revisit the topic of music, but in a different way: A recent study (1) investigated whether learning to play the piano benefits from spaced practice and, to my surprise, they found this not to be the case...

Nov 8

Nov 8 GUEST POST: The Dark Side of Interleaving

Learning Scientists

Guest Posts, For Teachers, For Researchers

In 2013, a 7-study paper on retrieval practice made a big splash. In 5 of the 7 experiments, students first learned pairs of faces and names on the computer, and were then asked either to restudy each pair,

Nov 5

Nov 5 Weekly Digest #84: Deliberate Practice

Learning Scientists

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

Today, one of our co-founders (Yana) is giving a keynote at a conference with Anders Ericsson, the leading expert on expertise (yes, you read that right). In honor of this, for today's digest we have put together a set of resources on deliberate practice ...

Nov 2

Nov 2 Are Prequestions Useful?

Cindy Nebel

For Researchers, For Teachers, Learning Scientists Posts

Retrieval practice primarily focuses on testing/quizzing students after they have already learned some material. Today, I want to tell you about a study that examined the effectiveness of prequestions, or asking students questions before they have started learning the material.

Nov 1

Nov 1 GUEST POST: The Relationship between Affect and Cognition in Teaching and Learning (A Case Study)

Learning Scientists

Guest Posts, For Teachers, For Researchers

This weekend, we published a digest on memory and emotion. In this guest post, we learn about a case study that illustrates how emotion can have an impact on teaching.

I’d like to introduce you to Mary. Mary is an experienced Kindergarten...

Oct 29

Oct 29 Weekly Digest #83: Memory and Emotion

Learning Scientists

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

It's the weekend before Halloween, and many of the decorations and activities at this time of the year are meant to be scary. If you're a parent, you may also have very happy emotions associated with Halloween, visiting pumpkin patches, carving ...