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Idea Works: Retrieval Practices Improve Learning
In the immensely popular education documentary “Waiting for Superman”, the filmmakers use an animated graphic to illustrate the model of education in the United States. In it, students sitting at...
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Research Ties Teacher’s Alma Mater to Student Performance
The academic progress of public school students can be traced, in part, to where their teachers went to college, according to new research, writes Donna Gordon Blankinship for the Associated Press. But...
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John Jensen: The Essential Teacher Action
The essential, underrated, underused teacher action is getting all students expressing their learning. Why should that be so? Teachers do a host of things but not all enhance learning equally. Many...
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John Jensen: Clarifying the Myth of ‘Practice Makes Perfect’
by John Jensen “The Myth of ‘Practice Makes Perfect’” is a misleading title of a Time/Opinion article by Annie Murphy Paul published earlier this year. I bring it up even several months later because...
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John Jensen: Permanent Learning is Possible, and We Know How
by John Jensen, Ph.D. In Beverly Hills Cop, Axel Foley, played by Eddie Murphy, stuffs a banana into the tailpipe of the car of the two policemen assigned to make sure he leaves town. He drives off...
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Researcher Focuses in Education Differences Between East and West
Jim Stigler credits his experience in Japan, while still a graduate student, with the realization that shaped his entire research career. While watching an elementary school student struggle to draw a...
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Study: Unconscious Mind Plays a Role in Learning
In findings published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this November, researchers from the Hebrew University in Israel show that the brain is capable of unconsciously processing...
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Julia Steiny: A Playworker from the UK Explains His Work, Passion
by Julia Steiny Marc Armitage, “playwork” expert, has the affect of an over-sized mischievous boy who’s got a Totally Great Idea. Home-based in Britain, he’s one of the world’s premier experts in the...
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College Students Can Benefit From Frequent Testing
A recent study found out that college students’ overall performance and class attendance, with structured feedback of their performance can greatly increase as a result of frequent tests. However,...
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UK Twins Study: Ease of Learning is Inherited
Is it possible that education could be inherited? In a UK study of 13,306 twins at age 16, titled Twins Early Development Study (TEDS), the research assessed a range of cognitive and non-cognitive...
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StudyBlue Ranks Colleges by Learning Environment, Collaboration
While current college rankings give prospective students a vague picture of current student achievement and financial stats, they don’t give a solid picture of what the learning experience is like at...
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Educational Neuroscience Developing Globally to Advance Learning
A new approach to how students learn, referred to as educational neuroscience, is being continuously explored by researchers worldwide in an effort to understand brain activity in ways that make...
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‘Learn How to Learn’ Course Proving Popular Worldwide
The purpose of taking any course, whether online or in a school building, is to learn – and currently, the most popular online course in the world is meant to teach its students how to do it. A...
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Cinnamon Improves Memory, Learning, Study Claims
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) A new research paper claims that cinnamon is much more than just a tasty addition to breakfast or dessert. Consuming cinnamon it regularly, it says, can significantly...
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