Annie Murphy Paul While it is true that the efficacy of study techniques varies, based on each individual's strengths, aptitudes, and personality, according to research by the Association for Psychological Science, some study habits are more effective than others....
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Teenage Brain Development Helps Explain Your Teen’s Behavior
How is the teenage brain different from an adult brain? Brain development happens over time and generally occurs back to front. This means that the frontal lobe, and pre-frontal cortex, which control executive functions, and are critical to decision making, are some...
Avoiding Overconfidence in Test Preparation
A recent blog post by Annie Murphy Paul, an education writer for Time Magazine, examined the problem of overconfidence, and how it can affect learning and performance. The crux of the issue is that while confidence can be a very good thing, people are also susceptible...
Secrets of the Most Successful College Students
What the Best College Students Do An article on Time.com, by Annie Murphy Paul, and based on the work of Ken Bain, provides a useful list of 8 traits that Mr. Bain's research found were common in highly successful college students According to Mr. Bain, the first...
Kids Master Mathematics When They’re Challenged But Supported
Math test scores soar if students are given the chance to struggle. New Jersey teachers have found a surprising way to keep students engaged and successful: They let underachieving youngsters get frustrated by math. Read the full article on the Edutopia website.
Hilarious Physics Lessons!
Check out this extremely funny look at the laws of physics by Christoph Niemann of The New York Times. This is a great way for students to learn or reinforce their knowledge of the basics of physics. Christoph Niemann is an illustrator, designer and author whose work...
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