If we want to improve student learning, we also need to worry about students' attunement with their own memory performance. That is, if students can't gauge how well they did on a test, they're going to have more trouble preparing adequately for the next one.
If you’re an educator, there’s no doubt your students have asked questions like, “Are we going to be tested on this?” and “Is the exam going to be essay or multiple-choice?” Why do students want these answers? One possibility is that students will use them to …
Recently, Carolina presented at a conference for teachers in Wales, Theory to Practice Conference organized by @ImpactWales, and had the pleasure to hear a talk by Lucy Crehan. Lucy is an education consultant and expert, particularly when it comes to education systems in different countries…
With advances in technology, the use of online and hybrid (partially online and partially in person) classes has increased. There seems to be a lot of excitement around different course formats that are available, with some institutions even pushing for more and more …
In a previous weekly digest, we showed you several ways in which teachers have implemented spaced practice in their classrooms. In today’s digest, we are showing you examples of spiral review, which can be described as a specialized form of spaced or distributed practice…
This week I wanted to take the opportunity to introduce myself to the Learning Scientist community by answering some questions.
