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? …
Retrieval Practice and Stress (repost)
By Megan Sumeracki I recently remembered this post about retrieval practice and stress. I was talking to one of my students about retrieval practice and …
The Benefits of Combining Collaborative Learning and Interleaved Practice
By Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel In a recent paper, Danzglock, Berger, and Hänze (1) investigated the effects of combining collaborative learning with interleaved practice using complex material …
Learner Perceived Similarity and Transfer
Cover image by katerinavulcova from Pixabay By Althea Need Kaminske Transfer of learning, the process by which people can recognize and apply previously learned information …
Feedback emPower Tools: How to Make Your Feedback Go Further
By Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel & Rob Nash Dr Rob Nash For today’s blog post, I interviewed Dr Rob Nash who together with Prof Naomi Winstone and …
GUEST POST: Bridging the Gap: Using the DIGPA Framework to Connect Teaching Practice and the Science of Learning
[cover image by Pexels on Pixabay] by Joshua Kurzweil and Suzan Kobashigawa Image provided by author Josh Kurzweil began his teaching career in 1990. He …