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

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

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. Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975, 67, 776–783. Boggiano, A. Katz, I., & Assor, A. Habgood, M. J., & Ainsworth, S.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 9, 2024

A Yale University psychology professor has gathered highlights of what research says about the most common human thinking errors into a popular class at the university that she recently turned into a book. So what can educators, policymakers and any lifelong learner gain from these new insights?

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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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Digital Promise

JANUARY 14, 2019

Powerful learning practices are attuned to the variability of individual learners and ensure that learning is accessible to all. Learning sciences research shows that these differences matter for learning. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 246–260.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

It offers advice to tech companies that are jumping into the metaverse, with principles from learning science for how to shape the development of their products and services. This week the Brookings Institution released a policy brief titled “ A Whole New World: Education Meets the Metaverse. ”

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ED Surge

JULY 8, 2022

So I explored the notion of caring pedagogy and discovered, to my surprise, that it goes all the way back to the 1930s and ‘40s, to the pioneering work of Soviet psychologist Lev Vygotsky, noted in learning-science circles among the founders of social constructivist theory.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

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.”. Language,” she said, “can make a real difference in how you understand things.”.

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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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