The Curse of Expertise: Why ‘Common Sense’ Isn’t Common
Reading time, 5 minutes: Why do experienced people mistake expertise for common sense?
Cognitive Science
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Science of Learning: What’s Happening in Students’ Brains?
Reading time, 2 minutes: Can brain scans help improve classroom teaching and learning?
Metacognition in the Classroom: What It Really Looks Like
Reading time, 2 minutes: Can you define “metacognition” and provide some examples?
Retrieval Practice: A Teacher’s Guide
Reading time, < 1 minuteWhat one teaching technique can transform classroom learning?
Working Memory: The Classroom Bottleneck To Unpick
Reading time, 2 minutes: Why do students forget explanations moments after teachers provide them?
The Reality About Attention Spans
Reading time, 3 minutes: Is your attention span really shrinking?
AI and Working Memory in Classrooms
Reading time, 2 minutes: Is artificial intelligence improving working memory, or just supporting students to forget?
How Students Pay Attention Best
Reading time, 2 minutes: Do you understand how student attention changes in the classroom?
Tracking Attention in the Classroom
Reading time, 2 minutes: What could we learn from monitoring student attention in the classroom?
Back To School Behaviour Routines
Reading time, 2 minutes: Are we focusing too much on behaviour and not enough on how students actually learn?
Chewing Gum Boosts Brainpower!
Reading time, 3 minutes: Is chewing gum actually good for teaching and learning?
Planning for Forgetting: The CPD Schools Never Run!
Reading time, 3 minutes: Are you planning for forgetting—or just hoping students will remember?