Research Summaries

If you are reading this during class, you are inhibiting a peer’s learning

Those sitting near someone on their laptop scored 17% lower on a test than those sitting near someone taking notes

Older children are more likely to report that both boys & girls usually, should be, and can be good at STEM.

Interestingly, their belief that they are good at science and can do science was a distant third.

If you guessed lecture, you would be correct. However, students also expect some non-lecturing.

Today’s piece explores common examples of “bad mentoring” according to undergrad researchers and how to fix them.

While math anxiety and math avoidance are assumed to be linked, today’s study is one of the first to find evidence of such link.

Adding a statement addressing implicit bias seems to reduce the gender gap.

A combination of research-validated teaching methods can produce learning outcomes at a higher than 2 sigma level compared to traditional lecture.

Wondering how many of your students are giving an honest effort on conceptual inventories? Today’s paper can help.

Even though students learn more in active learning environments, students still feel they learn more in traditional lecture settings.