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Why Students Give You the Blank Stare, and What to Do About It

3Mar2024

by Blake Harvard

You teach your heart out. Really just knock it out of the park. Then you ask a question students should know the answer to … and nothing. What’s going on?

4 Laws of Learning (and How to Follow Them)

1Sep2020

by Jennifer Gonzalez

In a teaching tailspin? These four research-based principles of instruction will help you focus on what really moves the needle.

Four Research-Based Strategies Every Teacher Should be Using

9Jun2019

by Jennifer Gonzalez

Learn the simple, quick strategies cognitive scientists say can boost student learning in any classroom.

Is That Higher-Order Task Really Higher Order?

12May2019

by Jennifer Gonzalez

Ask any group of teachers if their goal is to simply have students regurgitate facts, and every one of them will say no. Despite that, it keeps happening.

Note-taking: A Research Roundup

9Sep2018

by Jennifer Gonzalez

A summary of 8 best practices in note-taking, straight from the research.

The Great and Powerful Graphic Organizer

22Oct2017

by Jennifer Gonzalez

Beneath its simplicity lies an absolute dynamo, a vehicle that can cement learning more firmly than a lot of the other stuff we try, in a lot less time.

Retrieval Practice: The Most Powerful Learning Strategy You’re Not Using

24Sep2017

by Jennifer Gonzalez

Nothing cements long-term learning as powerfully as retrieval practice. Learn how to incorporate it into your classroom.

6 Powerful Learning Strategies You MUST Share with Students

11Dec2016

by Jennifer Gonzalez

Studying can be taught. Learn how retrieval practice, interleaving, elaboration, and other research-based study strategies can help your students learn better.

Book Review: Hattie’s Visible Learning for Teachers

22May2016

by Christine Bainbridge

This is a book to settle into. Grab a highlighter, take notes, think and reflect, because this book might challenge some of your preconceived notions.