Home
About Us
Downloadable Materials
Books
Blog
Blog Archive
Videos
Podcast Episodes
FAQ
Talks & Workshops
Our Supporters
Other Resources
The Learning Scientists
The Learning Scientists
Weekly Digest #131: Increasing Grading/Marking Efficiency
Nov 4

Nov 4 Weekly Digest #131: Increasing Grading/Marking Efficiency

Learning Scientists
For Teachers, Digests

Grading (marking in the UK context) can be a time-consuming and, at times, annoying task that teachers face on a regular basis. How can we make grading more efficient and less burdensome, but at the same time provide students with the important feedback that helps them improve their performance in the future?

Understanding Sample Sizes and the Word “Significant”
Nov 1

Nov 1 Understanding Sample Sizes and the Word “Significant”

Megan Sumeracki
For Researchers, For Teachers, Learning Scientists Posts

When we run an experiment (for a review of different types of research methods, see this blog), we are rarely (if ever) able to collect data from the entire population that we are interested in. Instead we try to draw a “sample” that represents that population. The …

GUEST POST: A Call to Action: Mental Health and Smartphone Usage
Oct 30

Oct 30 GUEST POST: A Call to Action: Mental Health and Smartphone Usage

Learning Scientists
For Students, Guest Posts

College students have been found to spend at least nine hours of each day on their smart phone (3). Despite classes, extracurriculars, and socializing, college students spend the majority of their time awake on their cell phones.

Weekly Digest #130: SoTL Researcher Spotlight
Oct 28

Oct 28 Weekly Digest #130: SoTL Researcher Spotlight

Learning Scientists
For Teachers, For Researchers, Digests

In today’s digest, we would like to introduce you to some researcher-educators doing great work in promoting the scholarship of teaching and learning in psychology. For each researcher-educator, we have provided a small biography and links to some of their work so that you can go learn more.

Hocus Focus
Oct 25

Oct 25 Hocus Focus

Althea Need Kaminske
Learning Scientists Posts, For Teachers, For Students, For Researchers, For Parents

It’s the time of year when the days are getting shorter and, in the case of some of my students, so are attention spans…

Weekly Digest #129: Students Under Stress
Oct 22

Oct 22 Weekly Digest #129: Students Under Stress

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

When one of our very first guest bloggers reached out to us recently asking about resources for students under severe stress, we realized that we hadn’t broached this issue on our blog yet. This hugely important issues will take more than a quick digest to explore,

Load More

Subscribe

Sign up with your email address to receive new blogs and podcast episodes in your inbox.

We respect your privacy.

Thank you!