Cover photo by Elisa from Pixabay By Megan Sumeracki As a cognitive psychology professor, I teach about cognitive networks and how we process, organize, and …
AI and Adolescent Well-Being: New APA Health Advisory
By Althea Need Kaminske With Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications expanding rapidly into daily life, The American Psychological Association (APA) has issued a health advisory on …
Imitation versus Retrieval Practice in Foreign Language Pronunciation Learning
By Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel A couple of months ago I have started re-learning French with a language learning app. I studied French in school for many …
Digest #180: Marking Rubrics in Education
Cover image by Tara Winstead from Pexels By Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel Marking rubrics for assessments can be a powerful tool to set marking expectations and criteria …
The Science of Motivation
[cover image by Alexas_Fotos from Pixabay] by Cindy Nebel Many educators struggle with student motivation and, often, it feels like something that is out of …
Dual Coding and Cognitive Load
Cover image by Chen from Pixabay By Megan Sumeracki In today’s blog, I’m covering an older paper by Mousavi, Low, and Sweller from 1995 (1) …
Mood and Memory
Cover Image by huoadg5888 from Pixabay By Althea Need Kaminske When I meet with a student to discuss why their performance in a class isn’t …
GUEST POST: A Neuroscientific Perspective on Understanding and Managing Stress
(cover image by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels) By Dr Julie-Myrtille Bourgognon Dr Julie-Myrtille Bourgognon is a neuroscientist and lecturer at the University of Glasgow’s School …
Digest #179: Combating Summer Learning Loss
Cover image by ViJakob from Pixabay Digest compiled by Megan Sumeracki For those of us in the northern hemisphere, summer* is coming! Whether you have …
Improving Multiple-Choice Retrieval Practice
Cover image by F1Digitals on Pixabay. by Cindy Nebel Multiple-choice (MC) test-writing can be tricky business. Some people associate MC questions with low-level retrieval, rote …