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Mar 2020: 10 Free Learning Websites for Kids

Mar 2020: Online Read-Alouds, Story Times, Sing Alongs and Illustrating Tutorials to do from Home

Jan 2020: Air Filters, Pollution and Student Achievement

Jan 2020: Why Late-night Study Sessions May Not Help Your Brain Learn

Dec 2019: Using Fidget Spinners May Actually Impede Learning

Dec 2019: Failure Found to Be an “Essential Prerequisite” for Success

Dec 2019: Just 10 Minutes of Mindfulness Meditation can Improve Verbal Learning and Memory Processes, Study Finds

Dec 2019: Students do Better in School when they can Understand, Manage Emotions

Nov 2019: Learning is Optimized When We Fail 15% of the Time

Nov 2019: How Meditation can Help You Make Fewer Mistakes

Nov 2019: Here’s a Way to Increase College Completion Rates

Nov 2019: Teachers Show Biases Against Overweight Kids, Including Giving Them Lower Grades

Oct 2019: Better Sleep Habits Lead to Better College Grades

Sep 2019: Parental Involvement Plays Key Role in Children's Academic Attainment, Research Shows

Sep 2019: It's Time for a Reality Check! First-year College Students and the Importance of Midterm Evaluations

Sep 2019: Learning to Read Boosts the Visual Brain

Sep 2019: More Learning in 'Active Learning' Classrooms, but Students Don't Know It

Sep 2019: Adolescents with High Levels of Physical Activity Perform Better in School Over Two Years

Sep 2019: Franco’s Pizza Homework Club

Aug 2019: Mindfulness for Middle School Students

Aug 2019: A Lack of Background Knowledge can Hinder Reading Comprehension

Aug 2019: Dehydration Alters Human Brain Shape, Activity and Slackens Task Performance

Aug 2019: A Growth Mindset Intervention can Change Students' Grades if School Culture is Supportive

Jul 2019: Distinct From IQ Or Working Memory, “Implicit Learning Ability” Is An Important, Stable Trait That Varies Between Individuals

Jul 2019: Secret to More Efficient Learning: Order Counts when Studying Just About Any Subject

Jul 2019: Preschool Teachers Ask Children Too Many Simple Questions

Jul 2019: The 'Blowfish Effect': Children Learn New Words Like Adults Do

Jul 2019: Sleep Readies Synapses for Learning

Jul 2019: Good Home Learning in Early Years Boosts Your Secondary School Achievements

Jul 2019: How Does Playing with Other Children Affect Toddlers' Language Learning?

Jul 2019: Heavily Decorated Classrooms Disrupt Attention and Learning In Young Children

Jul 2019: How to Read and Understand a Scientific Paper: a Guide for Non-Scientists

Jun 2019: A Core Subgroup of Believers Don’t Just Think Learning Styles Are Real, But Also Inherited And Hard-Wired In The Brain

Jun 2019: Snails Show that Variety is the Key to Success if You Want to Remember More

Jun 2019: Belief in Learning Styles Myth May Be Detrimental

Jun 2019: School Children Who Nap Are Happier, Excel Academically, and Have Fewer Behavioral Problems

Jun 2019: Teens Sleep Longer, are More Alert for Homework When School Starts Later

May 2019: The Science of Drawing and Memory

May 2019: Can Recreational Sports Really Make You a Better Student?

Apr 2019: What Do Today’s Students Get Right And Wrong In How They Take Lecture Notes?

Apr 2019: Want to Learn a New Skill? Take Some Short Breaks

Mar 2019: Singing for Science: How the Arts can Help Students who Struggle Most

Mar 2019: The Feedback Fallacy

Mar 2019: Three Ways Studying Organic Chemistry Changes the Brain

Mar 2019: Learning Styles - Concepts and Evidence

Mar 2019: Taking Arts Classes Leads to Better Academic Performance

Feb 2019: Time Parents Spend with Children Key to Academic Success

Feb 2019: How Listening to Music 'Significantly Impairs' Creativity

Feb 2019: The Emotional Toll of Graduate School

Feb 2019: Children Who Eat Lunch Score 18 Percent Higher in Reading Tests

Jan 2019: Immediately Re-Watching Lecture Videos Doesn’t Benefit Learning

Dec 2018: Bonus for Superior Snoozing: Students Who Meet 8-Hour Sleep Challenge Do Better on Finals

Dec 2018: The Powerful Impact of Real-World Learning Experiences for Kids

Dec 2018: Why School Should Start Later for Teens

Dec 2018: Self-Explanation is a Powerful Learning Technique, According to Meta-Analysis of 64 Studies Involving 6000 Participants

Dec 2018: “An Additional Reason to Abandon Learning Styles” – Teachers and Pupils Do Not Agree on the Pupils’ Preferred Learning Style

Nov 2018: Graduate School Can Have Terrible Effects on People's Mental Health

Nov 2018: The Act of Drawing Something has a “Massive” Benefit for Memory Compared with Writing it Down

Nov 2018: This is the Optimum Way to Compile a Multiple-Choice Test, According to Psychology Research

Nov 2018: Dialogue Improves Children’s Learning Abilities

Nov 2018: “Another Nail in the Coffin for Learning Styles” – Students Did Not Benefit from Studying According to their Supposed Learning Style

Nov 2018: Kindergarten Difficulties may Predict Academic Achievement Across Primary Grades

Oct 2018: Rita Pierson TED Talks Education: Every Kid Needs a Champion

Oct 2018: Asking Questions, Testing Improves Student Learning of New Material

Oct 2018: Having an Online Social Forum for Class Networking Gives Physics Students a Boost

Oct 2018: For Better Multiple-Choice Tests, Avoid Tricky Questions, Study Finds

Oct 2018: Are You a Visual or an Auditory Learner? It Doesn’t Matter

Sep 2018: Asking Questions, Testing Improves Student Learning of New Material

Sep 2018: Heavily Decorated Classrooms Disrupt Attention and Learning In Young Children

Sep 2018: Drawing is the Best Way to Learn, Even if You’re No Leonardo DaVinci

Sep 2018: The Brain Changing Benefits of Exercise

Sep 2018: Many Cognitive, Physical Benefits to Learning Music Later in Life, Experts Say

Jul 2018: Children with Better Coordination more Likely to Achieve at School

Jul 2018: The Scent of Coffee Appears to Boost Math Performance

Jul 2018: Mobile Phone Radiation may Affect Memory Performance in Adolescents, Study Finds

Jul 2018: Checking Phones in Lectures can Cost Students Half a Grade in Exams

Jun 2018: Small Classes Reduce Performance Gaps in Science

May 2018: Science in the Palm of Your Hand: How Citizen Science Transforms Passive Learners

May 2018: Students Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers More Likely to Obtain Bachelor's Degree

May 2018: Study Finds Popular 'Growth Mindset' Educational Interventions Aren't Very Effective

May 2018: USTC Reveals the Mechanism How Moderate Sunlight Exposure Improves Learning and Memory

May 2018: 'Will This be on the Test?' Even if it Isn't, Students Might Remember It

May 2018: Physically Active Academic School Lessons Boost Pupils’ Activity Levels and Focus

May 2018: There Are a lot of Myths and Misconceptions about Abraham Maslow and Self-Actualisation – a New Paper Puts the Record Straight

May 2018: Quiet Rest Helps Us Retain Detailed Memories

May 2018: Help with Homework can Affect Child's Persistence

May 2018: Learning by Teaching Others is Extremely Effective – a New Study Tested a Key Reason Why

May 2018: Changing Students' Attitudes to Mathematics Improves Test Scores

May 2018: Hostile Teachers can Lose Students 5 Percent on Test Scores

Apr 2018: Brain's Window for Language Learning Open Until Adulthood

Apr 2018: Music Lessons Improve Children's Cognitive Skills and Academic Performance

Apr 2018: This Cheap, Brief “Growth Mindset” Intervention Shifted Struggling Students onto a More Successful Trajectory

Apr 2018: Lesson Learned? Massive Study Finds Lectures Still Dominate STEM Education

Apr 2018: Poor Grades Tied to Class Times That Don't Match Our Biological Clocks

Apr 2018: “Another Nail in the Coffin for Learning Styles” – Students Did Not Benefit from Studying According to their Supposed Learning Style

Mar 2018: Children with Higher Working Memory are More Inclined to Finger Count (and Less Able Kids should be Encouraged to do the Same)

Mar 2018: Grouping Students into Ability-Based Sets Holds Back Less Able Pupils

Feb 2018: Outdoor Instruction Makes Students More Open to Learning

Feb 2018: Web-based Teaching can Improve Science Understanding for Struggling Pupils

Jan 2018: Students more Engaged and Attentive Following Outdoor Lesson in Nature

Nov 2017: Preschool Program Helps Boost Skills Necessary for Academic Achievement

Nov 2017: Reading Information Aloud to Yourself Improves Memory

Oct 2017: Attending a Middle vs K-8 School Matters for Student Outcomes

Oct 2017: Why School Should Start Later for Teens

Oct 2017: Brain waves reflect different types of learning

Sep 2017: Group Project? Taking Turns, Working with Friends May Improve Grades

Sep 2017: Students Know About Learning Strategies -- But Don't Use Them

Sep 2017: Don’t Leave Learning Up to Chance: Framing and Reflection

Sep 2017: Social Media Helps Students Learn Scientific Argumentation Better

Sep 2017: Reactivating Visual Memories is a New Alternative to ‘Practice Makes Perfect’

Sep 2017: Quicker Learning: Brief Reactivations of Visual Memories are Enough to Complete a Full Learning Curve

Sep 2017: Students' Self-Concepts of Ability in Math, Reading Predict Later Math, Reading Attainment

Aug 2017: Doctors and Distance Learning: Randomized Controlled Study of a Remote Flipped Classroom Neuro-otology Curriculum

Aug 2017: The Benefits of No-Tech Note Taking

Aug 2017: Discovering Better Ways to Learn as an Adult

Jul 2017: Picture Overload Hinders Children's Word Learning from Storybooks

Jul 2017: Learning With Music Can Change Brain Structure

Jun 2017: The Mere Presence of Your Smartphone Reduces Brain Power

Jun 2017: Comparing Student Performance on Paper-and-Pencil and Computer-Based-Tests

College Students Study Best Later in the Day, Study Shows

Here’s a Simple Way to Boost your Learning from Videos: the “Prequestion”

Down With 8 A.M. Classes: Undergrads Learn Better Later In The Day, Study Finds

When Students Pay Attention in Class, Their Brains are in Sync

Thinking Strategically about Study Resources Boosts Students' Final Grades

You're Not Too Old to Learn That

Early School Starts Pit Teens in a Conflict Between Society, Biology

Think Brain Games Make You Smarter? Think Again, Researchers Say

Students may Forget Relevant Information in Order to Protect their Own Psyches

Teenagers Can Become Disruptive if Teachers Use Psychological Pressure

9 TED Talks Recommended by Students, for Students

Peers, More than Teachers, Inspire Us to Learn

Attention, Students: Put Your Laptops Away

Practice Makes Perfect, and 'Overlearning' Locks it In

Millennial Generation's Learning Preferences in Medical Education Examined

We Need to Talk About School Start Times

Don't Be so Hard on Yourself: Study on First-Year Student Stress

Want to Ace an Exam? Tell a Friend What You Learned

Report: Innovative Science Instruction Boosts Academic Performance Among English Learners

Are Girls really Better at Reading than Boys, or are the Tests Painting a False Picture?

Talks to Help You Pick Your Major

Hearing 'Meaningful' Sounds Decreases Performance on Cognitive Tasks

Helping Children Achieve More in School: Study shows learning strategies are key to academic achievement and describe behavioral interventions that could reverse underachievement

Negative Mood Can Positively Impact Academic Success

How the Stress of Racism Affects Learning

How the Performing Arts Can Set the Stage for More Developed Brain Pathways

Going for a Run Could Improve Cramming for Exams

Closed Captions, Transcripts Aid Learning for Almost All Students

It feels as though we learn better via our preferred learning style but we don't

Finland schools: Subjects scrapped and replaced with 'topics' as country reforms its education system

Need to remember something? Better draw it, study finds

Teach neuroscience in STEM courses: Here’s some help:

How parents and teachers can nurture the 'quiet power' of introverts

XY bias: how male biology students see their female peers

The complete guide to reading – and even enjoying – classic literature

Secret: don't take notes with a laptop

Louisville Teacher uses 'Bouncy Bands' to help students focus on learning

Practice makes perfect York U brain study confirms

Be Explicit-The Power of Teaching

Not in the Mood to Teach the Subjunctive Mood?

Comprehending Comprehension

Effective Arts Integration Improves Test Scores

7 Reasons to Incorporate Movement, Songs, and Stories into Your Teaching

Teachers Should Refrain from Self-Deprecation When Trying to Engage Students

The Most Powerful 3 Letter Word A Teacher Or Parent Can Use

Why-arguing-is-the-best-way-to-learn

Philosophy Lessons Key To School's SATs Success

FREE Online Educational Resources

50 Tasks for Teaching With Only a Blank Piece of Paper

Scholars Say Pupils Gain Social Skills in Coed Classes

Physics for the New Millennium

Science of Spatial Learning

Old school teaching better for retaining knowledge

Flipped Classroom: The Full Picture for Higher Education

Brain Mind Learning

Layered Curriculum (I think you will enjoy this and get some strategies. JZ)

Mind/Brain Learning Principles

Use this to help your students group things

Neuroscience & the Classroom: Making Connections

Working Memory

People with Higher Working Memory Ability Suffer More from Brain Freeze

Working Memory Capacity

Working Memory Challenge

Working Memory Test

How One School’s Intervention Improved Working Memory

To Be Part of a Research Project-Take This Test Online

Multitasking (via Larry Ferlazzo's Blog)

Don’t Multitask: Your Brain Will Thank You

Why Humans Are Bad at Multitasking

12 Reasons to Stop Multitasking Now

The Multitasking Mind

Why Multitasking Doesn’t Work

How Does Multitasking Change the Way Kids Learn?

Multitasking video by Daniel Willingham

What People Know About the Cost of Multitasking

Data Shows Kids Shouldn’t Multitask

Here’s An Interactive on Multitasking

General Learning

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Brain Research and Instruction

Bridging Neuroscience and Education

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