LATELY ON LEARNING SCIENCE

If you didn’t know, there is a growing community of “flat earthers” who believe: 1) that we all live on a flat land mass (not a spinning...

A curious thing happened in 2016. The federal government quietly removed its recommendation to Americans to floss in that year’s dietary...

This is part 8 in an ongoing series on what we know about how we learn and how this knowledge should inform how we teach. It’s intended...

About a month and a half ago, a friend in Oregon texted me about the coronavirus. I live in Taiwan. “How bad is it?” She asked. “It’s not...

Well here we are. COVID-19 is now ravaging the U.S. Thousands of people have died. Many thousands more will die. Several state healthcare...

This is part 7 in a series on what we know about how we learn and how this knowledge should inform how we teach. The series is intended...

I was about six when I learned to ride a real bike. Before that I had hobbled around the driveway on a bike outfitted with training...

Can just changing the order of homework problems transform a C math student into an A math student?

This is part 5 in a series on what we know about how we learn and how this knowledge should inform how we teach. The series is intended...

New York is considering eliminating “gifted and talented” programs and other forms of tracking. And people are not happy about it. On the...

This is part 4 in a series on what we know about how we learn and how this knowledge should inform how we teach. The series is intended...

This is part 3 in a series on what we know about how we learn and how this knowledge should inform how we teach. The series is intended...

This is part 2 in a series on what we know about how we learn and how this knowledge should inform how we teach. The series is intended...

This is part 1 in a series on what we know about how we learn and how this knowledge should inform how we teach. The series is intended...

It’s pretty common for survey questions to offer “don’t know,” “no opinion,” or “not sure” responses. The reason is straightforward....

“Yes” changes things. People like to say “yes”, “true”, or otherwise agree with statements. This “agreeableness” bias occurs across three...

One of the most common challenges that students face is applying the right concept or procedure at the right time. When solving a physics...

Contrasts of any sort structure attention. Bring a handful of similar—but different—cases together and we look at things differently....

Online citizen science has given us basically two kinds of projects: data-oriented projects and problem-oriented projects. Each kind of...

A good rule of thumb for using learning technologies: Start with the learning goal Choose appropriate learning mechanics Then (and only...