Errors are a part of life. As fallible humans, we’re bound to make mistakes. In one of my classes this week, we discussed errors in terms of learning. How do we learn from our mistakes? In 2017, Janet Metcalfe wrote a thorough review of the literature on errors…
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Here at The Learning Scientists we talk a lot about how to improve learning, particularly in schools. But what happens after graduation? How do you take the first steps from school to career? In this digest we’ve gathered several resources to help students think about future careers in teaching, psychology, and how to gain relevant work experience.
My abysmal ability to recall things sparked my fascination with memory…. The memory palace technique is used pretty commonly by memory athletes, people who compete in memory competitions. The memory palace technique is simply a metaphor for any well-known place you are able to visualize clearly in your head.
Reading from screens instead of paper has become increasingly more popular in recent years. There are a lot of advantages to reading from screens. It’s convenient as your reading material is easily accessible from multiple electronic devices…
Humor can have a powerful effect on people; research shows that when people find something funny, they tend to pay more attention to it, and remember it better in the long term (1, 2). Furthermore, humor has an invigorating effect, and can make people feel more interested in what’s going on, and …
