Walking (Sometimes Running) a Step in Students’ Shoes
Michelle “Mikki” Hebl says many of her greatest insights on teaching have come not from colleagues, lectures, or books, but from her own students… More
Education
How To Apply The Brain Science Of Resilience To The Classroom
NPR: Neuroscience isn’t on many elementary school lesson plans. But this spring, a second grade class at Fairmont Neighborhood School… More
More Than a ‘Summer Slump’: How the Loss of Structure Affects Academics
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Jamie Hagen has been preparing for this summer for a long time. Ms. Hagen, a… More
How Our Bodies Do – and Don’t – Shape Our Minds
Individuals’ bodies and their abilities to act within their environments shape their perceptions of their surroundings, says psychological scientist Jessica Witt, Colorado State University. Witt discussed the psychophysics experiments she’s conducted to demonstrate these perceptions during one of four presentations in a Presidential Symposium chaired by Susan Goldin-Meadow. … More
You Still Need Your Brain
The New York Times: Most adults recall memorizing the names of rivers or the Pythagorean theorem in school and wondering… More
New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring perceived misalignment between limb and body movement and links between schooling and children’s cognitive control… More