- Education
Vary your teaching techniques with Professor Felder
Professor Richard M. Felder is a scientist who pivoted toward education engineering. As he became more and more involved with educators and their scientific discoveries, he developed a more successful approach to his lectures.
Stanislas Dehaene: The four pillars of learning
Cognitive psychologist and neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene has highlighted the main contributors to successful learning, which are attention, active engagement, feedback, and consolidation. He refers to these four fundamental elements as the « four pillars of learning ».
- Education
Active learning: what is it... and why?
Participating in one’s learning rather than passively listening to the teacher speak, that is the idea behind active learning methods, which are steadily being introduced in education, from primary school to higher education and lifelong learning.
Use Harvard professor Eric Mazur's Peer Instruction Method in 4 steps
In this article, you will find: That education is more than transmission of information; That peer instruction, a form of active learning, can be experimented with in a university setting; And an easy recipe for peer instruction. What if I told you that this is not the best way to teach? That is what award-winning Prof. Eric Mazur from Harvard University has been advocating since the early nineties. Mazur started teaching physics at Harvard in a most traditional setting.
Why you should teach your students about spaced practice
The learning method known as spaced practice has been around for a very long time and has been proven to work. What are you waiting for?
How can teachers use the Test effect to promote long-term learning?
This month we will discover that quizzes are not only used to measure students' knowledge: they also help to strengthen it.
“Neuromania” in the classroom
Training and learning specialists agree: teachers are immensely curious about the cognitive sciences. Similarly, neuroscientists have expressed a strong interest in the social sciences and the field…
Non-cognitive factors and their impact on student performance
Because most schools and institutions of higher education rely on grades and results to measure their students’ success, their teaching…
Student mindset: fixed vs growth
A student’s mindset tells you how they deal with failure and success in a learning environment, and reflects the image they have of their…
When is multitasking beneficial?
According to most cognitive scientists, performing even two relatively complex mental tasks at once is practically impossible for the…
Change things up with Interleaving
Interleaving is a highly effective learning and teaching strategy, which means it can be applied by both students at home and teachers in…
Why cramming does not work in the long-term, and a better learning technique to replace it with
When studying for a test, most students use a method called massed practice, or as it is commonly known, cramming. The issue teachers find…
Retrieval Practice: A simple strategy to improve learning inside and outside the classroom
Retrieval practice is a well-known learning strategy which involves calling information to mind that has been previously stored in long-term memory. It is a straightforward and easily implemented tactic with an undeniable impact on learning.
Asking questions: How to ensure long-lasting memories
When a teacher asks a student a question in class, they are providing that student with a retrieval cue, which refers to any information…
Two ways for teachers to improve how much their students remember
There are two important ways in which teachers can improve how much students will remember of what they have been taught in class. The…