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Hand-Wringing Over Handwriting
Pacific Standard: If you want to gauge in earnest just how divorced education has become from the simple practice of handwriting, here is an experiment. On the first day of a college course in elementary
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From Principles of Cognitive Science to MOOCs
For more on MOOCs, see video of this symposium and coverage of the earlier Estes Symposium on MOOCs held at the annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society in November 2013. “There is no reason anyone
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Using Pseudoscience to Shine Light on Good Science
Why would someone so dedicated to advancing psychological science teach his students about junk science? Emory University professor Scott O. Lilienfeld explains why that method works.
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Science That Serves the Public
Applying psychological science to promote public cooperation and the responsible use of technology in education were the themes of the Psychological Science in the Public Interest (PSPI) symposium at the 2014 APS Annual Convention. PSPI
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The Wrong Way to Treat Child Geniuses
The Wall Street Journal: When I was a child, I was a “genius”—the kind you sometimes see profiled on the local news. I started reading at 2. I could multiply two-digit numbers in my head
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Are Teachers Distracting Students with Bad Interior Design?
Fast Company: Few environments feature such a cacophony of decor as the elementary school classroom. Colorful bulletin boards, scientific posters, state maps, and student artwork tend to cover nearly every inch of wall space. Yet
