If you, like me, have wondered, “What are people reading on our blog this summer?” then wonder no more! I looked through our most visited pages from the beginning of June until now to see what people have been interested in so far this summer.
Flipped Classrooms: Can We Skip the Lecture?
While we have our own internal and correlational data that allows me to cautiously allow students to skip the lecture, here we have experimental data that actually says skipping the lecture might be better for my students. Spoiler alert: it’s not that simple.
Cognitive Networks and Implicit Bias
As a cognitive psychology professor, I teach about cognitive networks and how we process, organize, and respond to the world around us. We are able to quickly and flexibly process and categorize items around us, understanding what they are and …
AI and Adolescent Well-Being: New APA Health Advisory
With Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications expanding rapidly into daily life, The American Psychological Association (APA) has issued a health advisory on the impacts of AI on adolescent well-being (1). The health advisory synthesizes research on different aspects of AI use and provides recommendations to maximize the benefits of AI while minimizing harm.
Imitation versus Retrieval Practice in Foreign Language Pronunciation Learning
A couple of months ago I have started re-learning French with a language learning app. I studied French in school for many years and was quite fluent in it at the end of my schooling. Unfortunately, I then stopped speaking or engaging in the language. Fast forward to today...
Digest #180: Marking Rubrics in Education
Delivering engaging and effective presentations is important when it comes to teaching or when presenting work at conferences. As teachers, we may want to help our students to develop their presentation skills…