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  How Do Mobile Devices Impact Student Learning?

  • Posted by Milton Bertrand
  • July 3, 2015
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  Can students concentrate with the same intensity while exchanging texts with their friends and family? A new study evaluates how different types of messaging impact student retention of classroom material.
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  Pre-lecture diagrams help students take better notes, learn more

  • Posted by Milton Bertrand
  • June 9, 2015
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  Lecture-based learning can be challenging for students who have difficulties building mental models for the organization of new information, but providing them with diagrams and other supporting material in advance of the lecture can help them overcome...  moreLecture-based learning can be challenging for students who have difficulties building mental models for the organization of new information, but providing them with diagrams and other supporting material in advance of the lecture can help them overcome these hurdles, suggests new research.  
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  Learning

  • Posted by Milton Bertrand
  • January 2, 2018
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  Learning is the best investment we can make of our time; we hope this new year will do just that. An investment in learning pays the greatest interest.
  
  Dedicate yourself to constant learning
  The more you do and the better you will be
  Understand th...
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  Group learning makes children better decision-makers, study finds

  • Posted by Milton Bertrand
  • January 20, 2016
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  Children who participate in group learning develop better decision-making skills than children who study the same curriculum via teacher-led discussions, suggests a new study. More than 760 fifth-grade students were involved in the study, which compared...  moreChildren who participate in group learning develop better decision-making skills than children who study the same curriculum via teacher-led discussions, suggests a new study. More than 760 fifth-grade students were involved in the study, which compared the efficacy of collaborative group work with conventional direct instruction at promoting students' ability to make reasoned decisions and apply those skills in a novel task.