The making and execution of summer reading lists is a ritual I’ve slowly come around to appreciating.
Category: Higher Education
A new replication study revives the question: Is taking notes by hand really better for students?
Posted in Cognitive Psychology and Learning, Higher Education, and Technology
It’s not the modality of or tools used for notetaking, but the thought processes that go along with it, that matter.
Leadership and learning sciences: Better teaching from the top down
Posted in Cognitive Psychology and Learning, and Higher Education
Faculty benefit from professional development that focuses on the science of learning. But are faculty the ones who need it the most?
Where does the time go on sabbatical? I know, because I counted.
Posted in Academic Life, and Higher Education
You know that part of making Thanksgiving dinner, when you’ve taken out every ingredient, dirtied every utensil you own, pots are bubbling but you haven’t produced an actual edible dish yet?
How far would your school go to help first-year students thrive? Would it strike a couple hours off of their class schedules? Would it set aside time every single week for everybody to get some exercise? More on that in…