Article Review: Pretesting Enhances Learning in the Classroom

An article review looking at the impact of pretesting on student attention, self-regulated study, and learning.

September 8, 2023 2

Choke Points and Pitfalls in Studying

A review of an incredibly accessible and useful journal article for students and teachers alike.

January 27, 2022 7

The Rich Get Richer: Prior Knowledge and the Learning of New, Domain Specific, Information

How does prior knowledge impact the learning of domain specific information?

November 8, 2021 1

Principles to Improve the Effectiveness of Instructional Videos

Five to-dos and one to-don't when creating instructional videos.

July 31, 2020 5

A Better Retrieval Practice?

There's evidence to support the use of diminishing cues retrieval practice in place of standard retrieval practice.

May 18, 2020 4

Five Essential Article Reads for Teachers

These five articles should be required reading for any teachers who want to improve learning in their classroom.

April 20, 2020 6

Fighting the Good Fight…Against Neuromyths

A recent article took a look at an intervention attempting to curtail the proliferation of neuromyths among teachers.

September 16, 2019 2

There’s Been A Misunderstanding

Never judge a book (a research article) by its cover (its title).

September 9, 2019 5

Retrieval Practices’ Impact on Test Anxiety and Stress

How does retrieval practice affect student's perceived test anxiety? How does stress impact the recall of information encoded via retrieval practice?

May 14, 2019 6

Retrieval Practice in the Collaborative Setting

How are the benefits of retrieval practice affected by the collaborative setting?

February 2, 2019 10

A Review of Optimizing Learning in College: Tips from Cognitive Psychology

A review/summarization of a journal article that discusses how we learn and how students should study successfully.

November 7, 2017 8

Potential Positive and Negative Effects of Similarities in the Classroom

One of the most important aspects of teaching is the relationships formed with the students. The saying “students don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care” certainly rings true. Even now, as I think back to the teachers who most impacted my life, I don’t think about a great lesson... Continue Reading →

January 4, 2017 0

Defeating Bias in the Classroom: Lessons Learned from the Army

We all fight biases. Some are learned through interactions with peers and family; others are more intuitive and somewhat unknowingly cloud our judgement. At a minimum, biases have the ability to negatively affect our perception of others’ disposition and lead to false beliefs and judgement. Biases also shape the classroom. Expectations of teachers and... Continue Reading →

December 7, 2016 0

Harnessing the Power of Uncertainty in the Classroom

How can teachers use student uncertainty in the classroom to maximize learning?

November 30, 2016 1

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