Photo by Justin Case on Unsplash. College Board is withholding SAT scores for some Chinese and also South Korean SAT test-takers this year, according to the New York Times, due to concerns about “organizations that seek to illegally obtain test... View Article
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Photo by Jessica Loaiza on Unsplash. New evidence suggests that ingestion of chocolate is associated with memory enhancement. In healthy adults aged 50-69, ingestion over three months of a mixture with a relatively high- vs. low-concentration of cocoa flavanol (specifically epicatechin)... View Article
Personalized learning: The importance of tailoring instruction to meet individual student needs
October 24, 2014 12:52 amEducators have a responsibility to ensure that students receive a high-quality education that meets their individual needs. A teacher named Natalie Munroe spent two days as a student in her own school to better understand the challenges that students face... View Article
Shute et al. (2015 Comput & Educ) compared undergraduate subjects who were randomly assigned to play either Valve’s Portal 2 video game or Lumosity for eight hours. Those who had played Portal 2 showed significantly higher pre- vs. post-test gains on measures... View Article