What Do Teachers Need to Know About Memory?

What should teachers understand about memory and learning and how should that shape the classroom?

Choke Points and Pitfalls in Studying

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

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

How is learning impacted by the availability of the internet?

Students shouldn't feel the need to apologize for learning.

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

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

Are you measuring learning or performance with assessment in the classroom?

Video, notes, and slides from a presentation I led.

Is your lesson focused on the learning or the fun?

How we solve a problem can show our level of understanding.

How important are relationships on learning? Depends on what you mean by relationship.

Does passive learning exist? Does it create a false sense of learning?

How does assumption of learning affect the classroom?
How can teachers and students work to avoid assuming in the classroom?

A discussion with students about learning and knowing when we've learned.

This article discusses the myth of the learning pyramid; providing anecdotes and research to dispel the myth.