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Adapting Learning Science for Unprecedented Times
11/18/2020
Topics: Learning sciences
Longer class times to encourage creative teaching. Fewer courses to minimize cognitive overload. More time for socializing with peers and working on passion projects.
Grounded in the most promising…
Use Research-Based Approaches to Choose Edtech Apps
10/20/2021
Topics: Learning sciences
Evaluating and choosing educational applications for school learning has often been compared to the wild, wild West. Yet, selecting the “just right” app for teaching and learning to meet learning targets is…
Five tips for designing materials for remote learning
04/27/2020
Topics: Learning sciences
Before we go any further, a big thank you to the many teachers who’ve put together content, often at a few days’ notice, to try keep learning going during these uncertain times. Over the past weeks, I’ve seen so much guilt expressed on Twitter and occasionally an attempt to do too much. This…
Sketchnoting brings power of brain science to the classroom
04/10/2020
Topics: Learning sciences, Sketchnoting
In 2016 Nichole Carter attended a session on sketchnoting at the ISTE conference, and it changed her teaching forever. That pivotal moment also sparked a passion…
What Works: Sketchnoting engages students while building comprehension
09/25/2019
Topics: Learning sciences, Sketchnoting
Laura Steinbrink works hard to engage her students.
So it distressed her when two bright students in her high school literature class in Plato, Missouri, copped bad attitudes about having to study The…
Students who flex their executive-functioning muscles learn better
08/26/2019
Topics: Learning sciences
For neuroscientist Dr. Philip Zelazo, a simple game like Simon Says or a few deep breaths can go a long way in helping children develop the skills they need to learn.
Zelazo, a researcher at the…
3 Note-Taking Strategies To Improve Comprehension
01/31/2022
Topics: Course of Mind, Learning sciences
“Try a version of this idea?” asked Ann Blythe, a seventh grade science teacher and a colleague of mine.
She had discovered the…
Level up learning with retrieval practice
06/14/2019
Topics: Course of Mind, Learning sciences
Even without directly observing your classroom, I can guess that you use a version of retrieval practice with your students. Every educator does. Retrieval practice is essentially remembering information we…
Tap Into Dual Coding — or Sketchnoting — To Boost Comprehension
02/01/2022
Topics: Course of Mind, Learning sciences, Sketchnoting
In the fast-paced field of education and educational technology, sometimes it feels like if we don’t keep up with the pack on the latest strategies and technologies, we’ll get left so far behind that we might…
Moviemaking in the Classroom
Topics: Learning sciences
Lifting Student Voices Through Digital Storytelling
By Jessica Pack
ISBN: 9781564849281
October 2021
Length: 152 pages