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New materials can leave kids in the fog. Here are five metacognitive questions they can use to find their way and become more independent learners.

Sound therapies have long been used to help us cope.

As the pandemic has forced more teaching online, plenty of instructors have been trying to figure out the best way to keep students’ attention and ...

Making you content accessible and formatted correctly can ensure that you reach more individuals with dyslexia, visual stress and sight impairments.

I (Megan) have been learning a lot about neurodiversity and the way we think about divergence vs. disorders. I have appreciated learning about these areas so much, and have appreciated the opportunities to hear experts and those who have experience with neurodiversity (many different types of experi

Are you using alt text properly?Inconsistent use of alt text is one of the most common problems found in our web audits. These golden rules make your alt tags more useful to your site visitors and

Despite decades of evidence, good teaching is still considered more art than science. That’s hurting faculty members and students alike.

Now Twitter allows alt text on GIFs, we looks at how to write good alt text for GIFs.

Kindness is something most of us aspire toward as people, but not something we necessarily think of as central to teaching.

There is a growing interest in making inclusion a positive goal for companies, teams, and products. And, there is an urgency to reach a collective consciousness about inclusive practices.

Faculty members have a key role to play in retaining students, to the benefit of both.

Maggie Coughlin shares some lessons she’s learned in understanding her own autism and how to work with her own neurodiversity and that of the students she teaches.

The Educationalist. By Alexandra Mihai

Learn the best practices for making your Outlook email messages accessible.

The Kemp instructional design model is a nine step process for planning training and development initiatives that helps in the world of work.

Choosing the right tech tools for your teaching means making strategic choices, weighing costs against payoffs, and staying laser-focused on your course goals — and that is what this guide aims to help you do.

Meeting the Challenges of Deep Reading in a Digital World Additional Resources and Works Cited Select Books and Articles 10 Activities to Foster Deep Reading in Digital Spaces (Jenae Cohn, from Skim, Dive, Surface: Teaching Digital Reading with West Virginia University Press, June 2021): ...

Rebecca Mills, Director of Learning and Teaching, quickly summarizes Dr. L. Dee Fink's Taxonomy of Significant Learning to help faculty incorporate it into t...

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We are cognitive psychological scientists interested in research on education. Our main research focus is on the science of learning. (Hence, "The Learning Scientists"!). Our Vision is to make scientific research on learning more accessible to students, teachers, and other educators.

Educators know the importance of continued growth, including their instructional practices. Explore evidence-based instruction and its benefits.

Cook, Smith, and Tankersley (2012) define evidence-based practices (EBP) as practices that are shown to be effective through the high-quality researcher to meaningfully improve student outcomes.  Simply put, EBPs are practices that are supported by a strong high-quality evidence base that have seen effects that positively impact students.     Think about EBPs like...

Online, small group check-ins can provide relevant social and emotional learning, both of which contribute to student retention and success.

Resilient Pedagogy: Practical Strategies to Overcome Distance, Disruption and Distraction

Been thinking about the perfectionism I see some of my students. Trying to read more to define it and think more intentionally about ways to support these students. Here’s what I’m learning…1/

A cooperative learning activity with roots in anti-racist and inclusive pedagogy.