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Analogy-Based Learning in the Classroom: Implementing Strategies to Promote Conceptual Understanding and Performance

In this article, I discuss four principles of analogy-based learning and teaching in the classroom that are crucial for students’ success in analogical reasoning.

November 21, 2024
It’s Okay to Fail: How Productive Failure Facilitates STEM Learning and Transfer in Comparison to Direct Instruction

What role does failure play in learning? While students tend to be aversive to failure, it plays a natural and important role in the learning process.

January 16, 2023
Curious about Curiosity? The Mnemonic Benefits of Curiosity and Its Educational Implications

Did curiosity really kill the cat? The idiom “curiosity killed the cat” warns against the danger and misfortune that one’s curiosity can bring, but it turns out that curiosity is more beneficial than you might think.

November 4, 2022
Anxiety, Depression, and Academic Performance: The Role of Working Memory Capacity

Don’t forget to prioritize your mental health. Studies have shown that long-term anxiety and depression predicted more deficits in working memory abilities, which is related to lower academic performance.

June 11, 2022
Sans Forgetica: Could a font boost your studying?

An investigation into the effectiveness of Sans Forgetica, a font created to be intentionally difficult to read to engage readers and potentially improve recall ability.

May 26, 2022
Individual vs. Collaborative Exams: The Effect of Collaboration on Learning

Given the choice, students likely prefer to take collaborative rather than individual exams but have you ever wondered how collaborative tests affect your education?

May 5, 2021
No Brain Gets Left Behind

This article is authored by Dominic Tran with the mentorship of Sarah M. Tashjian and is a part of the 2018 pre-graduate spotlight week. For most kids in the United States, formal schooling begins at the age of 5 as they enter elementary school and learn the essential skills of reading, writing, and mathematics. Although…

May 14, 2018
Let’s fight (the bad guys): Do superheroes teach kids good or evil?

Everyone loves a good superhero story. Superheroes have been a fixture in American pop culture for decades, but in the past 10-15 years we’ve witnessed a resurgence of superhero mania. Between movies, TV shows, toys, and even national conventions, the superhero fever is real. Given that superhero stories are characterized by themes of fighting against…

February 17, 2017
The benefits of multilingual education

How would multilingual education benefit English-language learning (ELL) students?

August 23, 2016
The Role of Mind Wandering in Education

It was a crisp spring morning in my high school English class as I took my seat near the window. At some point during class, I had noticed a flower blooming outside. My mind gently tracked away from the Grapes of Wrath discussion to the Biology lecture I had heard just hours before. Looking at…

April 14, 2016

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