This post was co-written by Dr. Thalia R. Goldstein (posted on her blog here), and Brittany Thompson. The post describes an academic paper recently published in Child Development. One possible ...

Jim is an associate professor of higher education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Freely available, open education resources provide opportunities for college students to strengthen ...

Active learning is not a new concept. Though coined by Bonwell and Eisen (1991), aspects of active learning can be found in studies by Piaget, Vygotsky, and Dewey*. Active Learning is a broad set of ...

Understanding a proof in a math textbook is one thing; being able to reconstruct it without help is a whole other beast entirely. My classmates and I learned this the hard way at university. Most of ...

When you have to study a lot, your focus can waver. In such cases, the kind of studying you do can have a big effect on how much you learn. Scott H Young, author of Learn More Study Less, suggests ...

Good news for control freaks! New research confirms that having some authority over how one takes in new information significantly enhances one's ability to remember it. The study also offers a first ...

Knowledge doesn’t automatically make us better. We get results, make progress and acquire skills through practice. If your goal is to acquire a new skill or make real progress in any area of your life ...