Cell phone bans in K-12 institutions were a hot topic this back-to-school season. All 50 states and D.C. have instituted some version of a cell phone ban at the state or district level. These bans are ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Free energy perturbation (FEP) methods are among the most accurate tools in ...

Many students aren’t very engaged in their learning, according to a recent survey of nearly 300,000 high schoolers—and close to half say they’re merely “doing school,” but not finding it particularly ...

Learning results from what the student does and thinks and only from what the student does and thinks. The teacher can advance learning only by influencing what the student does to learn. (Lovett et ...

This article reevaluates the two-stage development theory of social learning by examining the distinct roles of pedagogical and selective learning. Pedagogical learning involves infants’ sensitivity ...

In education, as in psychology, clarity matters. Yet in everyday conversations about teaching and learning, terms like learning theory and pedagogy are often used interchangeably. Phrases such as “We ...

As part of my Simply Explained series, I’ve been covering a range of student-centered instructional approaches, from project-based learning to experiential and inquiry-based learning. Today, I cover ...

Constructivist learning theory emphasizes the subjectivity, sociality, and contextuality of learning, promoting learning through the creation of problem situations and guiding learners to collaborate ...