The making and execution of summer reading lists is a ritual I’ve slowly come around to appreciating.
Category: Cognitive Psychology and Learning
A new replication study revives the question: Is taking notes by hand really better for students?
Posted in Cognitive Psychology and Learning, Higher Education, and Technology
It’s not the modality of or tools used for notetaking, but the thought processes that go along with it, that matter.
Leadership and learning sciences: Better teaching from the top down
Posted in Cognitive Psychology and Learning, and Higher Education
Faculty benefit from professional development that focuses on the science of learning. But are faculty the ones who need it the most?
Can a textbook change your life?
Posted in Cognitive Psychology and Learning, Higher Education, Technology, and Trends and Change
One did for me, and now I wonder what’s next.
Neuroscience in translation: Why use it or lose it is a bad idea
Posted in Cognitive Psychology and Learning, Higher Education, and Ideas and Resources
Is there any truism about cognitive capacity that is more familiar than “use it or lose it?” Of all the things we could talk about in applications of neuroscience, this is one that shows up surprisingly often, even in the…