There’s no hidden agenda here: Asking the question of what makes learning difficult doesn’t imply that the objective is to make the content easy. Material
Metacognition can be a word that gets in the way of students’ understanding that this “thinking about thinking” is really about their awareness of themselves
Teachers have much to teach these days. There’s the standard content knowledge students need to take from their courses, all the while the amount of
The pedagogical periodical Teaching Theology and Religion has a unique section. In fact, many of the discipline-based periodicals on teaching and learning have interesting and
With easy access to all sorts of technology, students multitask. So do lots of us, for that matter. But students are way too convinced that
There’s not much pedagogical literature on the topic of curiosity. In fact the article referenced here is the only piece I can remember seeing on
Three new teachers at the front end of academic careers, about to face their first classes as teachers, want to know from somebody at the
I’ve found another interesting study of students and reading which dovetails nicely with the research referenced in the July 25, 2012 post. I’m thinking that
The recent post on PowerPoint use generated a healthy response. That’s encouraging, but blog exchanges can seem like conversations without conclusions. There is no summary,
I was looking for a quote I wanted to include in a presentation when I happened on another one that reminded me of an aspect
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