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Test Scores Drop as the School Day Drags on
Pacific Standard: You’ve probably noticed that it’s harder to think clearly after a long day of reading, writing, and arithmetic—in short, after a long day of thinking. For the most part, that’s not a particularly
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Homework: A New User’s Guide
NPR: If you made it past the headline, you’re likely a student, concerned parent, teacher or, like me, a nerd nostalgist who enjoys basking in the distant glow of Homework Triumphs Past (second-grade report on
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Researchers Find That Frequent Tests Can Boost Learning
Scientific American: In schools across the U.S., multiple-choice questions such as this one provoke anxiety, even dread. Their appearance means it is testing time, and tests are big, important, excruciatingly unpleasant events. But not at
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Simple Maze Test Could Help Identify Drivers’ Accident Risk
A simple 3-minute test may accurately identify older drivers who are at heightened risk of serious accidents because of cognitive decline.
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Psychology: A simple trick to improve your memory
BBC: If I asked you to sit down and remember a list of phone numbers or a series of facts, how would you go about it? There’s a fair chance that you’d be doing it
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Studying for the Test by Taking It
The New York Times: PROTESTS are flaring up in pockets of the country against the proliferation of standardized tests. For many parents and teachers, school has become little more than a series of workout sessions
