[cover image by akshayapatra on Pixabay] by Cindy Nebel What is the spacing effect? Let’s start with a little quiz shall we? Quiz Which of …
The Learning Scientist Blog TEN YEAR Anniversary!
Cover Image: The Learning Scientists together in Portland, OR, October 2023 By Megan Sumeracki February 5, 2026 marks the 10 year anniversary of the Learning …
Choice and Mental Effort
Cover Image by Ted Erski from Pixabay By Althea Need Kaminske Thinking is hard. In general, we don’t like to put forth mental effort when …
Digest #183: The Importance of Belonging for Student Success
Cover image by Zubair Rafiq on Pexels By Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel The feeling of belonging has been identified as an important factor in education (1) (2). …
Reading Rates Among American Adults
Cover image by Peggy und Marco Lachmann-Anke from Pixabay By Althea Need Kaminske As the days get shorter and the nights longer, I increasingly find …
A Practical Guide to Exam Taking Strategies
By Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel Taking exams is often associated with discomfort and anxiety in students. Students will feel nervous as these are high-stake performance situations. Exams …
Thank You To Our 2025 Community!
Today is (American) Thanksgiving so we wanted to take the opportunity to thank our community! We are so grateful for the continued support, encouragement, and …
The Box Metaphor for Working Memory
[cover image by stocksnap on Pixabay] by Cindy Nebel How many boxes can you hold? Late last year, I went to a talk by Dr. …
A Framework for Training Students to Better Use Evidence-Based Learning Strategies
Cover photo by RDNE Stock project on Pexels By Megan Sumeracki If you read our blog, even sporadically, you are almost certainly aware that investigations …
How Do You Like Them Apples? On the Importance of Teaching in the Time of AI
Cover image by Michal Jarmoluk from Pixabay By Althea Need Kaminske I have a clear memory of sitting at the kitchen table in the early …