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Study: Writing by Hand Leads To Better Brain Connectivity
Students writing by hand have more active brains than when they typing, researchers recently found.
Tech Tools Can Provide Premade Flashcards For Students. That’s Not a Good Thing, Says New Research
Students who generate their own flashcards instead of using premade flashcard sets may improve their test scores by roughly the equivalent of a letter grade
Teachers Love 4-Day School Weeks. Do They Work?
Four-day school weeks are increasingly being offered as a way to recruit teachers, but the research is mixed on the advantages and disadvantages of the schedule. Now some states are reconsidering it.
The Research-Practice Divide is Real. Here's How To Overcome It.
Easy-to-implement strategies for both teachers and researchers to bridge the research-practice divide, from UMass Professor Torrey Trust
AI Detectors Discriminate Against Non-Native Speakers, Says Stanford Research
The AI detectors got it wrong more than half the time when evaluating writing from non-Native English-speaking students, recent research found.
PowerNotes: How To Use It to Teach
PowerNotes is a strong research and citation tool that's ideal for student and teacher use.
Study: Students Who Read Print Learn More Than Those Who Read Tablets
Past research has noted a print advantage in reading. Researchers wondered whether that would still be the case when comparing print to handheld devices. It was.
4 Learning Tips From A Cognitive Scientist Turned TikTok Star
Daniel T. Willingham shares study hacks for teachers and students from his new book “Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning is Hard and How You Can Make it Easy”
