Last week we had an interesting Twitter chat (#LrnSciChat) on the benefits and challenges of teaching students how to code. We thought it would be nice to follow up that Twitter chat with a digest on this topic…
Learning from Video: A Review of the Literature in Higher Ed
Whether you are a K-12 educator, higher education instructor, or corporate businessperson, you have likely experienced a considerable shift to teaching and learning via video over the past year. During this pandemic, we have all rapidly moved to meeting in online platforms…
GUEST POST: Developing a Culture of Collective Knowledge Building with Students
During a 3 month, online professional development opportunity exploring making learning visible (1), I learned how to move students beyond collaboration into collective knowledge building (2). I noted dramatic improvements in my students’ skills in communicating, socially interacting…
GUEST POST: Podsie - Connecting Teachers and Students to Learning Science
Quick math time! What’s -2 - 4?
As a first-year teacher, that was a question most of my eighth-grade students struggled with during the first week of school. We spent a full week going over various strategies to help …
Digest #151: Education Podcasts
Of course we love reading and think that blogs are great. But, we also love podcasts! Podcasts are a great way to digest information on the go. It can also be nice to take a break from screens, step outside and get moving while listening to a podcast. We have our own, The Learning Scientists Podcast, and …
Is Critical Thinking a Soft Skill?
Every so often articles like this pop up claiming that critical thinking is a soft skill and is surely not being taught in schools, despite its importance in the workplace and everyday life.