You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but you can teach yourself about new topics with Google Learn About, the experimental new tool from Google that takes a more educational approach to ...

AMES, IA – Whether you’re trying to ace a test or pick up a new hobby, Iowa State Psychology Professor Shana Carpenter says combining two strategies – spacing and retrieval practice – is key to ...

Everything we learn at school is structured — teachers and professors tell us what to think, and then when the time is right, they ask us to prove that we understand what they’ve been saying all along ...

Why do we learn? This is the provocative question that Stanislas Dehaene asks in his book How We Learn. 1 But you’ve probably never asked yourself: “Why do we learn in the first place?” As Dehaene ...

I was recently getting a much-needed haircut with a new stylist, and in our small talk, he asked me what I do for a living. I explained that I teach current and future teachers how people learn and do ...

Children learn at different paces and in different ways. Some schools use tech-driven, customized instruction to strengthen learning comprehension and retention. In a Quest Academy class, sixth to ...

Columns share an author’s personal perspective. The continuing presence of COVID-19 has for the most part, defeated attempts around the country to open schools for traditional classroom teaching and ...

After reviewing more than 100 years of research on learning, authors of a new paper say combining two strategies -- spacing and retrieval practice -- is key to success. Whether you're trying to ace a ...