Learning Scientists Blog — The Learning Scientists

Sep 25

Sep 25 GUEST POST: Making Three Years of Learning Stick or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Prepare for My Comprehensive Exam

This past May I passed my doctoral program’s comprehensive exam, becoming a doctoral candidate in counseling psychology. This was easily the most daunting academic challenge I’ve faced: A grueling, week long gauntlet of writing …

Sep 20

Sep 20 Highlighting With Reservations

Althea Need Kaminske

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

After reading a summary of the research on highlighting I became an adamant anti-highlighter (1). I mean, it was worse than re-reading in some cases. Re-reading. The standard control in memory experiments.

Sep 18

Sep 18 GUEST POST: Operant Conditioning Success in Graduate School: To Do Lists

Althea Need Kaminske

Guest Posts, For Students

Getting into a doctoral program is an exciting opportunity that is not for everyone. I think that I speak for some, but not all, when I say that a doctoral program is initially not respected or understood for the beast that it is until you’re in the midst of it.

Sep 17

Sep 17 Weekly Digest #125: The Science Behind Always Being Late

Learning Scientists

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

Some of us are always punctual, whereas others seem to have more trouble arriving places on time. While cultural attitudes towards punctuality and tardiness do vary, research suggests that this behavior negatively impacts us both at work and in school.

Sep 13

Sep 13 Factors Of Effective Note-Taking: Application Of Cognitive Load Theory

Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel

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

My post today is a personal reflection on effective feedback use. Feedback is a crucial aspect of the learning process. It helps us correct errors and improve performance in the future. However, effective feedback remains a problem in education.

Sep 12

Sep 12 GUEST POST: How Does Testing Affect Related, Untested Content?

Learning Scientists

For Teachers, For Researchers, Guest Posts

You’re doing everything right as an instructor. You encourage your students to study using flashcards and other forms of retrieval practice (i.e., recalling information from memory) and regularly administer quizzes during class.