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Feb 21

Feb 21 GUEST POST: Stereotype Threat – Adding up the Pieces

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Whether we notice it or not, it can happen to all of us.

Take a minute to think about what kinds of groups you identify with. Are you white? Elderly? Gay? A woman?

Now take another minute to think of what stereotypes ...

Feb 14

Feb 14 GUEST POST: Attention -- What is it, and How Can We Control it?

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As children develop, they are expected to meet the demands of the educational system. But what if there are learning difficulties or other problems that get in the way? Research shows that while learning problems are the cause of many educational ...

Feb 7

Feb 7 GUEST POST: Eureka... It Works!

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I had the opportunity to tutor students in Introduction to Psychology last semester at Rhode Island College. I have never tutored before this semester, but when I was contemplating how to approach tutoring, I decided to treat it like a study group. I knew ...

Jan 31

Jan 31 GUEST POST: Learning About Current Events -- We Must Break Out of the Social Media Echo Chamber

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This isn’t going to be a political post, but I need to briefly touch on politics to frame the narrative. I scroll through Facebook a couple times a day. Every time I refresh, I see a handful of news articles posted by friends. Predominantly, I turn to The New York ...

Jan 24

Jan 24 GUEST POST: Multimedia Learning -- Back to the Drawing Board?

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How do you present visuals such as diagrams, charts, or graphs to your students? Perhaps you follow the contemporary approach by displaying a diagram on a PowerPoint slide and explaining what's shown on the slide. Or maybe you prefer the "old-school" ...

Jan 17

Jan 17 GUEST POST: Strategies for Effective Learning - A Whole School Approach

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My school has started implementing a whole school approach to learning, based on what cognitive science suggests might be successful strategies. I’ve been working with colleagues on a set of ‘Principles for Learning’ that give teachers and students ...