The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

A ‘Knowledge Revival’ A 2025 book by 10 education researchers in Europe and Australia, Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking: The Knowledge Revival , makes the case that students cannot learn the skills of comprehension and critical thinking unless they know a lot of stuff first. These ideas have revived interest in E.D.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 24, 2019

When students have autonomy in asking guiding questions as part of their learning, inquiry can also amplify student engagement and empowerment. Learning sciences research shows that the ways in which reflection is designed, including when it is practiced, can support memory. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7(4), 352–364.

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Digital Promise

JULY 10, 2019

Gotto Chair in Child Development and professor of psychology and human development at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. “At its core, mathematics is problem solving, and solving problems involves uncertainty and struggle at times,” said Dr. Bethany Rittle-Johnson, Anita S. and Antonio M.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 9, 2024

Why All of Us Could Use a Lesson in ‘Thinking 101’ Human brains are wired to think in ways that often lead to biased decisions or incorrect assumptions. A new AI chatbot can spit out long-form answers to just about any question, in a way that sounds eerily human. What Will ChatGPT Mean for Teaching?

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Civics Psychology Humanities Learning Science 90

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The” what” and” why” of goal pursuits: Human needs and the self-determination of behavior. Psychological Inquiry,11(4), 227–268. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 1681–1695. When choice motivates and when it does not.Educational Psychology Review, 19(4), 429–442. Boggiano, A.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Wilson wants to learn science-specific vocabulary and have Spanish skills “to communicate across barriers.” I haven’t had any academic experience in Chinese,” she said, adding that she started learning English “when I was 5 or 6.”. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update.

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Jonathan Firth

DECEMBER 11, 2019

None of these ideas are supported by mainstream psychological science; a linked study of psychology researchers found 0% endorsement in every case. Other studies have found widespread support for myths about learning, even among highly educated people. Psychology of Education Review, 42 (2), 15-22.

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