While there is clear evidence for the benefits of using retrieval practice as a learning strategy (1), we also know that students may not necessarily chose to use retrieval practice when studying on their own (2). A very recent experiment (3) investigated study choices in university students…
Last week, Emily Oster wrote a ParentData newsletter titled What to do when what’s best is impossible: How to embrace the “second best” option. The main idea is that in parenting, and in life, there are recommendations based on some perfect ideal and this is the first best option. But …
‘It takes a village’ is a phrase that seems to ring true for me, both in my personal life and as an academic. I strongly believe that bidirectional communication among teachers and researchers is key, and I love to engage in these conversations and use those to help decide on content for the blog. …
When creating content and materials for the Learning Scientists website, we try to include many different types of forms (NOT because of Learning Styles, but because of preferences, and diversity in the type of media an individual can consume!). Today’s blog post revisits a paper that I covered …
Everyone is talking about it, but we may not yet fully grasp what it is and what it means for education: ChatGPT. ChatGPT stands for “Generative Pre-Trained Transformer” and is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot. This means that you can have a dialogue with an AI bot. It will provide…
