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June 2020: Researchers Uncover a New Mindset that Predicts Success

Mar 2020: Free Activities for Teachers

Mar 2020: Over 30 Virtual Field Trips with Links

Mar 2020: Supporting Every Teacher: Helping Students with Specific Learning Difficulties to Learn Online Successfully

Jan 2020: Want to get students to read the syllabus? Check out this video "It's In Your Syllabus"

Jan 2020: Bilingual Language Program for Babies: Online Training for Teachers

Dec 2019: Albert Hastorf and Hadley Cantril - They Saw a Game: A Case Study

Dec 2019: 25 Books That Teach Kids To Care About The Environment

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

Nov 2019: Should Preschool Writing be More Communication and Less ABCs?

Nov 2019: Last year, teacher Julie Arsenault started adding this page to her tests – and giving her students a chance to show what they know! Might you try something similar on your next assessment?

Nov 2019: Trauma and Kids: The Role of the Early Childhood Teacher

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

Nov 2019: Growth Mindset Videos: 10 TEDTalks to Share With Your Students and Children

Nov 2019: The Wheeler Psychology Research Methodology Rap

Oct 2019: An “Ah-Ha” Moment with Spaced Practice in the Classroom

Oct 2019: California’s New Law Bans Schools from Starting Before 8am

Oct 2019: Teach your students to TWERC for better learning!

Oct 2019: Potentially Perilous Pedagogies: Teaching Trauma Is Not the Same as Trauma-Informed Teaching

Oct 2019: Society for the Teaching of Psychology - Facebook Group

Oct 2019: Wisconsin School Breaks Up Lunchtime Cliques With Assigned Seating

Sep 2019: Emphasizing Social Play in Kindergarten Improves Academics, Reduces Teacher Burnout

Sep 2019: Cultural Outreach Prevents Social Exclusion

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

Aug 2019: This Warms My Heart!

Aug 2019: Student Evaluations of Teaching are Not Only Unreliable, they are Significantly Biased Against Female Instructors

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

Aug 2019: Back to School Activities that Can Traumatize Your Students and What to do Instead

Jul 2019: School Psychologists Develop Intervention to Reduce Hallway Disruptions

Jul 2019: Teacher Incentive Programs can Improve Student Achievement

Jul 2019: Preschool Teachers Ask Children Too Many Simple Questions

Jul 2019: Power of Refocusing Student Stress in Middle School Transition

Jul 2019: How to Help Physics Teachers Who Don’t Know Physics

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: 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: Increase in Education Specialists in University Science Departments

Jun 2019: An Hour or Two of Outdoor Learning Every Week Increases Teachers' Job Satisfaction

May 2019: Teachers Predict Pupil Success Just as Well as Exam Scores

May 2019: From Aromatherapy to Anger Management: How Schools are Addressing the 'Crisis' of Childhood Trauma

May 2019: 'Doing Science,' Rather than 'Being Scientists,' More Encouraging to Those Underrepresented in the Field

Mar 2019: Neurosexism: The Myth that Men and Women Have Different Brains

Mar 2019: Save This! The Ultimate List of Teacher Discounts

Mar 2019: The Gendered Brain by Gina Rippon review – Demolition of a Sexist Myth

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

Mar 2019: Learning Styles - Concepts and Evidence

Mar 2019: Bus Driver Keeps a Bucket of Books Up Front to Encourage Kids to Read, and Not All Heroes Wear Capes

Mar 2019: Illustrated Periodic Table Shows How Elements Are Part of Everyday Life

Mar 2019: The Cult of Homework

Mar 2019: Downloadable STEM Role Models Posters Celebrate Women Innovators As Illustrated By Women Artists

Feb 2019: Meet the Elementary School Principal Who Reads Bedtime Stories to Her Students Via Facebook

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

Jan 2019: 18 Perfect Read-Alouds for Teaching Growth Mindset

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

Jan 2019: Why Millions Of Kids Can't Read, And What Better Teaching Can Do About It

Dec 2018: We Need to Make Kindergarten Engaging Again

Nov 2018: Video: Incorporating Movement Into Math Class

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: A Handy Chart Featuring Over 30 iPad Apps for Students with Special Needs

Nov 2018: B-I-N-G-Whoa! Staff in Educator Kyndra Tyler's School Community Sign their Name on this Bingo Board to Celebrate Kind Acts they've Engaged In!

Nov 2018: Program Prepares Students for Mass Shooting by Teaching Combat Medicine

Nov 2018: Your Flow Chart for All Things Apostrophe

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

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

Oct 2018: The Surprising Strategy that Gets Students Motivated, Increases Productivity, and Improves Health!

Oct 2018: How Schools can Optimize Support for Children with ADHD

Sep 2018: Teaching Neuroanatomy With A Showercap

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

Aug 2018: The Most Effective Teachers Turn to their Colleagues for Advice (While Weaker Teachers Don’t Bother)

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

Jun 2018: Measure Your Students’ Vocabulary Size

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

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: 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

May 2018: How can we Help Children with Brain Injuries Transition Back to School?

May 2018: Why Teens Should Understand Their Own Brains (And Why Their Teachers Should, Too!)

May 2018: How Being Part of a 'House' Within a School Helps Students Gain A Sense of Belonging

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

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: Train PhD Students to be Thinkers not Just Specialists

Jan 2018: Resources for Talking and Teaching About School Violence

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

Nov 2017: Student Self-Reporting can Help Educators Catch Academic, Mental Health Problems Early

Nov 2017: Multicultural Awareness Boosts Teaching Competency, but is an Uneven Resource Among Future Teachers

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

Oct 2017: Should College Professors Give 'Tech Breaks' In Class?

Oct 2017: Getting The Most Out Of Pre-K, 'The Most Important' Year In School

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

Sep 2017: This Illustrated Periodic Table Shows How We Regularly Interact With Each Element

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

Sep 2017: How Should we Handle Boys who Can't Read?

Sep 2017: Kids Cheat More If You Tell Them They Are Awesome

Sep 2017: Effectiveness of Brain-based Learning Strategy on Students’ Academic Achievement, Attitude, Motivation and Knowledge Retention in Electrochemistry

Aug 2017: Grammar Wall Kit | Grammar Word Wall | Parts of Speech Word Wall

Aug 2017: The Benefits of No-Tech Note Taking

Aug 2017: Math Teachers are Hip

Aug 2017: Things to do to Make STEAM Learning (more!) Fun

Aug 2017: The First Thing Teachers Should do When School Starts is Talk About Hatred in America. Here’s Help.

Jul 2017: Teachers Should Foster Emotional Intelligence in their Students but not be Graded on it, Report Finds

Jun 2017: Just 23 Totally Perfect 4th Grade Anchor Charts

Jun 2017: Germany’s First 'Democratic Kindergarten' Gives Tiny Tots a Vote

Jun 2017: 9 Guaranteed Ways to Stop Students from Blurting Out

Jun 2017: {The iPad & the SLP in 2017} App List for SLPs ~ Sorted by Goal Area ~ Over 900 Apps, 65 of them Always FREE

Women Scientists of Antiquity

50 Great Sites for Serious, Educational Games

Pool Noodle CVC Words Activity

Phonics Works: Sounding Out Words is Best Way to Teach Reading, Study Suggests

Teenagers Can Become Disruptive if Teachers Use Psychological Pressure

That 12-Year-Old Screaming at You While Playing “Call of Duty” Might Actually be Gaming for School

Teacher Encouragement has Greatest Influence on Less Advantaged Children

9 TED Talks Recommended by Students, for Students

Mediterranean Diet Linked to a Lower Risk of Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Working Memory as Key to Preventing Misdiagnoses, Overrepresentation of Minorities in Special Education

Fecal Transplant Therapy Improves Autism Symptoms, Study Finds

EZPrep

We Are Teachers

The Times Tables Songs

A Promising Study Suggests Teachers can Train 8-Year-Olds in Theory of Mind

Gifted Students Benefit from Ability Grouping

Explore Grammar Activity, Grammar Activities, and More!

Report: Innovative Science Instruction Boosts Academic Performance Among English Learners

Use Humor to Teach Your Students About Careful Communication

Fake Or Real? How to Self-Check the News and Get the Facts

Songs For Teaching English Grammar

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

Six Tools for Creating Classroom Quiz Games - A Comparison Chart

How Giving Students Choice During the Day Can Create Unstoppable Learning

Positive school climates can narrow achievement gaps, comprehensive research review confirms

60 Apps to Teach STEAM in the Classroom

200 Ways to Use Word Clouds in the Classroom

30 Apps for Critical and Creative Thinking

Want to Be a Better Teacher? Use Gestures

10 Great Critical Thinking Activities That Engage Your Students

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Janet N. Zadina, Ph.D

Brain Research and Instruction

Science and Strategies

Janet N. Zadina, Ph.D

Brain Research and Instruction

Bridging Neuroscience and Education

"Science and Strategies"