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The Powerful Role of Forgetting in Learning
Is forgetting a bad thing? On the contrary, scientific research showed that forgetting is actually beneficial for your memory and learning!
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Go Blue: The Effects of Blue Light on Memory
Ever wondered what can be done to improve learning, studying, or working? Research reveals the benefits of utilizing blue light to increase attentiveness, memory, and cognitive efficiency.
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Desirable Difficulties in Math Teaching
Continuing in the spirit of my last post, which overviewed the desirable difficulties literature, and Carole Yue’s recent post on how desirable difficulties can improve induction tasks, today I’m highlighting some recent research on applying such difficulties to math learning and practice. As a quick recap, desirable difficulties are adjustments to teaching that slow down…
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Desirable Difficulties in the Classroom
Over the last couple of decades, learning and memory researchers have become increasingly interested in bringing scientific findings out of the lab and into the classroom, where they can be implemented into teaching methods to produce more efficient and effective learning. In a nation mired in an educational crisis, there’s never been a better time…