Handwriting engages motor, language, and attention systems, activating the brain more fully than typing. Writing by hand ...
Most conversations about corporate training focus on content quality, instructor expertise or learner motivation. Walk into any L&D conference, and you'll hear debates about engagement strategies, ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jerrid Kruse, Drake University (THE CONVERSATION) During my years teaching science in ...
Easy come, easy go is more than a hook to one of Queen's greatest ballads. It's also how our brain seems to approach learning. When information is acquired without mental effort, it tends to disappear ...
You spent over a decade in classrooms memorizing facts, cramming for tests, and highlighting textbooks. Yet nobody ever taught you how to actually learn. The education system focused on what to learn ...
Jerrid Kruse receives funding from the National Science Foundation, the NASA Iowa Space Grant Consortium, and the William G. Stowe Foundation. During my years teaching science in middle school, high ...