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Should students be overlearning?

Jan 12, 2017 | Category: Featured
In my last post I outlined my concerns with the idea of 'thinking hard' being a good proxy for learning. Briefly, thinking hard about a problem appears to be an inefficient way to alter long-term memo...

Why 'mastery learning' may prove to be a bad idea

Jan 24, 2016 | Category: learning
"It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us." Disraeli What could be wrong with wanting students to master difficult content? Nothing. For the most part...

20 psychological principles for teachers #10 Mastery

Jun 07, 2015 | Category: psychology
This is the second of four posts exploring what motivates students and the tenth in my series examining the Coalition for Psychology in Schools and Education’s report on the Top 20 Principles From Psy...