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Attention Contagion in the Lecture Hall - The Effortful Educator Are inattentive behaviors contagious in the classroom?If so, how do they negatively impact students?

Attention Contagion in the Lecture Hall

Are inattentive behaviors contagious in the classroom? If so, how do they impact students?

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Three Practices to Avoid in the Classroom - The Effortful Educator No matter your subject or student's level, here are three practices to avoid in the classroom.

Three Practices to Avoid in the Classroom

No matter your subject or student's level, here are three practices to avoid in the classroom.

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Remembering What It's Like To Be A Student - The Effortful Educator Place yourself back in the student's seat and remember what it's like to be the learner. You'll be a better teacher for it.

Remembering What It’s Like To Be A Student

Place yourself back in the student's seat and remember what it's like to be the learner. You'll be a better teacher for it.

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Multiple-Choice Questioning as a Valuable Learning Opportunity

Can multiple-choice questions provide opportunities for learning superior to questions requiring recall of information?

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The Illusion of Multitasking and its Impact on Learning - The Effortful Educator How is the illusion of multitasking negatively impacting students' learning?

The Illusion of Multitasking and its Impact on Learning

How is the illusion of multitasking negatively impacting students' learning?

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The Illusion of Multitasking and its Impact on Learning - The Effortful Educator How is the illusion of multitasking negatively impacting students' learning?

The Illusion of Multitasking and its Impact on Learning

How is the illusion of multitasking negatively impacting students' learning?

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Favourite article for #AberPGCTHE. In my seminar, they read Chew's article in advance. I start with quick retrieval practice of the 7 points. Then they type examples from their own experience into a shared doc and we discuss. My students are mostly new HE lecturers.

Doesn't matter that I teach AP students. Generally speaking, they don't know how to study.

Today, we're going back to the basics of flashcards. So powerful for learning when done correctly.

Don't make learning more complicated than it need be.

The Dangers of Feelgoodism in Education - The Effortful Educator Just because a catchy educational quote or image makes us feel good (or confirms our already established beliefs) doesn't mean it is based in fact or logic.

The Dangers of Feelgoodism in Education

Just because a catchy educational quote or image makes us feel good (or confirms our already established beliefs) doesn't mean it is based in fact or logic.

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Choke Points and Pitfalls in Studying - The Effortful Educator A review of an incredibly accessible and useful journal article for students and teachers alike.

Choke Points and Pitfalls in Studying

A review of an incredibly accessible and useful journal article for students and teachers alike.

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The Taylor/Travis news broke at the beginning of 3rd block yesterday. No students mentioned it the entire block.

And that’s how know the cell phone ban is good for learning.

Three Things Your Ed Degree (possibly) Got Wrong - The Effortful Educator I recently had about ten minutes in a content meeting to give a talk on really any subject I wanted. I decided to introduce three myths of learning.

Three Things Your Ed Degree (possibly) Got Wrong

I recently had about ten minutes in a content meeting to give a talk on really any subject I wanted. I decided to introduce three myths of learning.

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Winners announced Wed 🥳

🚨 Week 3 Giveaway: Do I Have Your Attention? by @blakeharvard.bsky.social!

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Sherlock Holmes and Covert Thieves of Attention - The Effortful Educator Teachers should think a little more like Sherlock Holmes in their classroom to improve attention and learning.

What covert thieves of attention may be present in your classroom?

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What Creativity Isn't - The Effortful Educator Schools don't kill creativity...they enable it.

What Creativity Isn’t

Schools don't kill creativity...they enable it.

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"A powerful, beautifully written overview of what really matters to develop student learning.”
- Dr. John Hattie

"I recommend this book to all engaged in the teaching profession.”
-Dr. John Sweller

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Obsessions and John Hattie - The Effortful Educator Teachers are obsessed with teaching, but are they obsessed with learning?

Obsessions and John Hattie

Teachers are obsessed with teaching, but are they obsessed with learning?

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Classroom Seating and Student Achievement - The Effortful Educator How does the classroom seating arrangement impact student behavior?

Classroom Seating and Student Achievement

How does the classroom seating arrangement impact student behavior?

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The Simple Classroom - The Effortful Educator "Coach Harvard, your classroom isn't necessarily easy, but it's simple." Why did I see that as a wonderful compliment? What is the simple classroom?

The Simple Classroom

"Coach Harvard, your classroom isn't necessarily easy, but it's simple."

Why did I see that as a wonderful compliment? What is the simple classroom?"

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Yesterday afternoon I led a session on memory processing with a middle school faculty in Las Vegas.

Not long after, I received this email from admin…made my day. 🙂

5 Reasons My Class Begins with Retrieval Practice (Almost) Daily - The Effortful Educator For the past six or seven years I have started my class (almost) every day the same way…with retrieval practice. This is usually a quick review of information covered from the last class meeting or of...

5 Reasons My Class Begins with Retrieval Practice (Almost) Daily

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Attention Contagion in the Lecture Hall - The Effortful Educator Are inattentive behaviors contagious in the classroom?If so, how do they negatively impact students?

Attention Contagion in the Lecture Hall

Are inattentive behaviors contagious in the classroom? If so, how do they impact students?

theeffortfuleducator.com/2024/12/18/a...

Learning Names and Modeling Spaced Retrieval Practice - The Effortful Educator When and how do I introduce my students to learning strategies?

Day 1 with students.
Time to introduce retrieval practice and spaced practice as I learn my new students' names.

Here's how I intro and model this:

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Sherlock Holmes and Covert Thieves of Attention - The Effortful Educator Teachers should think a little more like Sherlock Holmes in their classroom to improve attention and learning.

Sherlock Holmes and Covert Thieves of Attention

Teachers should think a little more like Sherlock Holmes in their classroom to improve attention and learning.

theeffortfuleducator.com/2025/03/03/s...

Remembering What It's Like To Be A Student - The Effortful Educator Place yourself back in the student's seat and remember what it's like to be the learner. You'll be a better teacher for it.

Remembering What It’s Like To Be A Student

Place yourself back in the student's seat and remember what it's like to be the learner. You'll be a better teacher for it.

theeffortfuleducator.com/2025/04/02/r...

Engagement in the Classroom - The Effortful Educator What does engagement look like in the classroom?

Engagement in the Classroom

'Engagement' is a bit of a buzzword in education.
What is it really? How do you see it in the classroom?

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How do you explain practice to your students? We know that retrieval practice makes students feel they are learning less than reading their notes. Analogies are a great way to overcome this barrier.