By Megan Sumeracki Cover image by Tung Lam from Pixabay This fall, I’ll be teaching a course in Social Cognition. This course will be pretty …
Thinking is Hard (repost)
Cover Image by Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels By Althea Need Kaminske This week I had the opportunity to teach a guest lecture for medical students …
Retrieval Practice vs. Worked Examples: When to Use Which
[cover image by u_fg0tkeqgiy on Pixabay] by Cindy Nebel We talk about a lot of different strategies on our blog that all have been shown …
How Do Secondary Students Study, and Are Their Choices Related to Their Beliefs in Achievement?
Cover image by Rosy / Bad Homburg / Germany from Pixabay By Megan Sumeracki Lately, my preschool-aged daughter has been listening to one of her …
Self-Regulating Motivation and Emotion During Learning
Image by Leo Fontes from Pixabay By Althea Need Kaminske Self-regulated learning is a cyclical process of forethought, performance, and self-reflection that allows a learner …
A Framework for Student Performance
Cover image by Yamu_Jay from Pixabay by Cindy Nebel In my full-time position, I work with medical students primarily on self-directed learning. As medical students, …
Can We Teach Critical Thinking (repost)
Cover image by Victor UzihBen from Pixabay By Althea Need Kaminske As AI and social media become, somehow, even more ubiquitous, I find myself having …
GUEST POST: Using Knowledge Organizers as Effective Study Tools (Repost)
One of my approaches to teaching (and to work in general) is to impose organization and structure for my students. It helps to decrease uncertainties, …
GUEST POST: How Risk Measures Shape Public Understanding of Science
[Cover image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay] By: Neal Asthana Neal Asthana is a multi-disciplinary professional from the Washington D.C. area, with a lifelong passion …
“Blips” of Knowledge Reduce Accuracy and Increase Confidence
[Cover image by Tung Nguyen on Pixabay] by Cindy Nebel What do you do when you get a random new physiological symptom? A new rash? …