Twenty-eight “giants” of educational research have combined their findings on how students learn best and how teachers can encourage students to learn efficiently, enjoyably and effectively. The book, How Learning Happens: Seminal Works in Educational Psychology and What They Mean in ...
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A popular classroom app’s ‘disturbing implications’
There's nothing sinister about cute monster avatars, right? Wrong, say University of South Australia researchers. They evaluated the cartoon critter-laden classroom app, ClassDojo, and reached a worrisome conclusion, namely, that it 'promotes controlling techniques of discipline and governance, rather than ...
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Have you forgotten a few digits in the process of trying to remember a new area code and mobile number? If so, the good news is that you’re normal. That’s because the part of the brain that does this job ...
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