The Learning Scientists
@learningscientists.bsky.social
Making scientific research on learning accessible to students and educators. We aim to motivate students to study and increase the use of effective study and teaching strategies that are backed by research.
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NEW POST: "Digest #182: How To Increase (Self-)Motivation"
By @drckt.bsky.social
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Digest #182: How To Increase (Self-)Motivation — The Learning Scientists
No matter whether you are a student or a teacher, sometimes it can be difficult to find motivation to start or complete a task. Instead, you may spend hours procrastinating with other activities and t...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
NEW POST: "Digest #182: How To Increase (Self-)Motivation"
By @drckt.bsky.social
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By @drckt.bsky.social
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NEW GUEST POST: "Scaffolding Speech: A Mother’s Journey into Language Development Without a Therapist" by Salome Olajide-Buari
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GUEST POST: Scaffolding Speech: A Mother’s Journey into Language Development Without a Therapist — The Learning Scientists
It was a hard hit knowing that my second son’s speech was not conventional. I had done well with my 1st son, teaching him to read before age 3 but I didn't track his progress intentionally to know how...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
NEW GUEST POST: "Scaffolding Speech: A Mother’s Journey into Language Development Without a Therapist" by Salome Olajide-Buari
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NEW BLOG: "Motivation Effects and Efficiency of Retrieval Practice over Lecture" by @drcindynebel.bsky.social
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Motivation Effects and Efficiency of Retrieval Practice over Lecture — The Learning Scientists
Retrieval practice is one of the most robust strategies that we have for durable learning. Today I’m reviewing a study that pushed retrieval practice to it’s limits. If retrieval practice is THIS effe...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
NEW BLOG: "Motivation Effects and Efficiency of Retrieval Practice over Lecture" by @drcindynebel.bsky.social
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NEW BLOG: "Retrieval Practice: Hiding Broccoli in the Brownies (repost)" by @drsumeracki.bsky.social
www.learningscientists.org/blog/2025/10/2
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Retrieval Practice: Hiding Broccoli in the Brownies (repost) — The Learning Scientists
Today’s piece is a repost from a number of years ago. I’ve loved comparing “hiding broccoli in the brownies” to infusing retrieval practice into fun activities. Doing so is a great way to get even mor...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
NEW BLOG: "Retrieval Practice: Hiding Broccoli in the Brownies (repost)" by @drsumeracki.bsky.social
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[1/2] Aussi amusantes que puissent être les stratégies d' #apprentissage par récupération, @drsumeracki.bsky.social soutient qu'elles ne devraient pas remplacer complètement les tests et quiz à faibles ou sans enjeux en classe.
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#RetrievalPractice #EduSky
@learningscientists.bsky.social
#RetrievalPractice #EduSky
Retrieval Practice: Hiding Broccoli in the Brownies (repost) — The Learning Scientists
Today’s piece is a repost from a number of years ago. I’ve loved comparing “hiding broccoli in the brownies” to infusing retrieval practice into fun activities. Doing so is a great way to get even mor...
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October 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
[1/2] Aussi amusantes que puissent être les stratégies d' #apprentissage par récupération, @drsumeracki.bsky.social soutient qu'elles ne devraient pas remplacer complètement les tests et quiz à faibles ou sans enjeux en classe.
@learningscientists.bsky.social
#RetrievalPractice #EduSky
@learningscientists.bsky.social
#RetrievalPractice #EduSky
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I have recently updated my "Time Management and Study Skills For Students" resource. It comes with slides for teaching and activities for students. Feel free to browse and use: sway.cloud.microsoft/BysO9ChOrHMQ...
Time Management & Study Skills For Students
One of the biggest challenges with learning is to get organised and to stick with a healthy study routine. It is easy to feel overwhelmed. In Level 2 Psychology we introduced Time Management & Study S
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October 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I have recently updated my "Time Management and Study Skills For Students" resource. It comes with slides for teaching and activities for students. Feel free to browse and use: sway.cloud.microsoft/BysO9ChOrHMQ...
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sway.cloud.microsoft/BysO9ChOrHMQ... - this from @drckt.bsky.social might help #AcademicSky folks. Some great resources. As Caroline says, it's easy to be overwhelmed and links to tonight's #LTHEChat
Time Management & Study Skills For Students
One of the biggest challenges with learning is to get organised and to stick with a healthy study routine. It is easy to feel overwhelmed. In Level 2 Psychology we introduced Time Management & Study S
sway.cloud.microsoft
October 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
sway.cloud.microsoft/BysO9ChOrHMQ... - this from @drckt.bsky.social might help #AcademicSky folks. Some great resources. As Caroline says, it's easy to be overwhelmed and links to tonight's #LTHEChat
NEW PODCAST EPISODE! Episode 93: Compassion Fatigue in Educators with Dr Chiara Horlin
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Episode 93: Compassion Fatigue in Educators with Dr Chiara Horlin — The Learning Scientists
This episode was funded by listeners like you. For more details on how to help support our podcast and gain access to exclusive content, please see our Patreon page . Show Notes: In Episode...
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September 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
NEW PODCAST EPISODE! Episode 93: Compassion Fatigue in Educators with Dr Chiara Horlin
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I wrote about ADHD in adults this week for The Learning Scientists! I've been thinking about this a lot lately as the standard advice we give to medical students is often counterproductive for ADHD.
NEW BLOG: "Adult Learners with ADHD" by @drkaminske.bsky.social
www.learningscientists.org/blog/2025/9/18
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Adult Learners with ADHD — The Learning Scientists
As of last October, the CDC estimates that approximately 1 in 16 adults in the United States have been diagnosed with ADHD (1). Despite the high prevalence of ADHD in adults, there are few resources f...
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September 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I wrote about ADHD in adults this week for The Learning Scientists! I've been thinking about this a lot lately as the standard advice we give to medical students is often counterproductive for ADHD.
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PAPER PUBLISHED: I worked on this project during my postdoc at WashU St. Louis in 2014. Our lab contributed to this Memrise competition to test the best way to study foreign vocabulary and we were one of the finalists. Kudos to Rosalind Potts for leading on this.
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September 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
PAPER PUBLISHED: I worked on this project during my postdoc at WashU St. Louis in 2014. Our lab contributed to this Memrise competition to test the best way to study foreign vocabulary and we were one of the finalists. Kudos to Rosalind Potts for leading on this.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
NEW BLOG: "Adult Learners with ADHD" by @drkaminske.bsky.social
www.learningscientists.org/blog/2025/9/18
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Adult Learners with ADHD — The Learning Scientists
As of last October, the CDC estimates that approximately 1 in 16 adults in the United States have been diagnosed with ADHD (1). Despite the high prevalence of ADHD in adults, there are few resources f...
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September 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
NEW BLOG: "Adult Learners with ADHD" by @drkaminske.bsky.social
www.learningscientists.org/blog/2025/9/18
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Wondering about the application in math…
BLOG: "Interleaving Is Less Effective When Taking Notes" by @drcindynebel.bsky.social
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Interleaving Is Less Effective When Taking Notes — The Learning Scientists
The study I’m reviewing today took place in the laboratory, but examined a common situation in the classroom that might matter: note-taking. If students are able to take notes while learning, does tha...
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September 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Wondering about the application in math…
NEW GUEST POST: "The Motivation Cheat Code: Sidestep Willpower Using Science" by Annabel Noble
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GUEST POST: The Motivation Cheat Code: Sidestep Willpower Using Science — The Learning Scientists
Got a million things to do but, zero motivation to start? We’ve all been there, one task turns into ten and suddenly things become overwhelming very quickly. In this blog, I use the latest science to ...
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September 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
NEW GUEST POST: "The Motivation Cheat Code: Sidestep Willpower Using Science" by Annabel Noble
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NEW GUEST POST: "What 130,000 Student Questions to AI Reveal About Critical Thinking" by Dr Muireann Hendriksen
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GUEST POST: What 130,000 Student Questions to AI Reveal About Critical Thinking — The Learning Scientists
The conversation around generative AI in education is often dominated by a sense of apprehension. Will these powerful new tools encourage students to take shortcuts, offload their thinking, and sidest...
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September 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
NEW GUEST POST: "What 130,000 Student Questions to AI Reveal About Critical Thinking" by Dr Muireann Hendriksen
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BLOG: "Interleaving Is Less Effective When Taking Notes" by @drcindynebel.bsky.social
www.learningscientists.org/blog/2025/8/...
www.learningscientists.org/blog/2025/8/...
Interleaving Is Less Effective When Taking Notes — The Learning Scientists
The study I’m reviewing today took place in the laboratory, but examined a common situation in the classroom that might matter: note-taking. If students are able to take notes while learning, does tha...
www.learningscientists.org
September 12, 2025 at 9:49 AM
BLOG: "Interleaving Is Less Effective When Taking Notes" by @drcindynebel.bsky.social
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BLOG: "Cognitive Networks: Exposure Matters" by @drsumeracki.bsky.social
www.learningscientists.org/blog/2025/8/21
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Cognitive Networks: Exposure Matters — The Learning Scientists
In my last blog, I wrote about cognitive networks and implicit bias . The gist of the post was that our systems allow us to categorize and generalize, flexibly and automatically, and that this genera...
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September 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
BLOG: "Cognitive Networks: Exposure Matters" by @drsumeracki.bsky.social
www.learningscientists.org/blog/2025/8/21
www.learningscientists.org/blog/2025/8/21
BLOG: "Retrieval Practice in the Health Professions" by @drkaminske.bsky.social
www.learningscientists.org/blog/2025/8/7
www.learningscientists.org/blog/2025/8/7
Retrieval Practice in the Health Professions — The Learning Scientists
Cover image by u_9p7tw4noz0 from Pixabay By Althea Need Kaminske Note: The following describes Health Professions Education within the U.S. As a learning scientist interested in how ...
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September 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
BLOG: "Retrieval Practice in the Health Professions" by @drkaminske.bsky.social
www.learningscientists.org/blog/2025/8/7
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For all that there are effective ways to study, many students would rather stick to what they’ve always done. From @learningscientists.bsky.social, how can they be convinced to used evidenced-based strategies? buff.ly/CChVpfb #AmademicSky
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August 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
For all that there are effective ways to study, many students would rather stick to what they’ve always done. From @learningscientists.bsky.social, how can they be convinced to used evidenced-based strategies? buff.ly/CChVpfb #AmademicSky
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Si, comme @drkaminske.bsky.social, vous vous êtes demandé : « Que liront les gens sur le #blog @learningscientists.bsky.social cet été ? », ne vous posez plus la question ! Voici les 5 meilleures #lectures !
@drckt.bsky.social @drcindynebel.bsky.social @drsumeracki.bsky.social
#apprentissage #EduSky
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#apprentissage #EduSky
Digest #181: Popular Learning Scientists Posts — The Learning Scientists
If you, like me, have wondered, “What are people reading on our blog this summer?” then wonder no more! I looked through our most visited pages from the beginning of June until now to see what people ...
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August 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Si, comme @drkaminske.bsky.social, vous vous êtes demandé : « Que liront les gens sur le #blog @learningscientists.bsky.social cet été ? », ne vous posez plus la question ! Voici les 5 meilleures #lectures !
@drckt.bsky.social @drcindynebel.bsky.social @drsumeracki.bsky.social
#apprentissage #EduSky
@drckt.bsky.social @drcindynebel.bsky.social @drsumeracki.bsky.social
#apprentissage #EduSky
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Comment enseigner et convaincre les #étudiants d'utiliser des #stratégies plus efficaces. Une étude de Maurer et Cabay a examiné cette question en utilisant une intervention en classe et une combinaison de méthodes.
@drckt.bsky.social @learningscientists.bsky.social
#EduSky
@drckt.bsky.social @learningscientists.bsky.social
#EduSky
Reblog: How To Convince Students To Use Effective Study Strategies? — The Learning Scientists
I’m currently preparing teaching for the upcoming academic year. One focus for me has been student self-regulated learning and time management skills. So, as I’m developing resources for students and...
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August 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Comment enseigner et convaincre les #étudiants d'utiliser des #stratégies plus efficaces. Une étude de Maurer et Cabay a examiné cette question en utilisant une intervention en classe et une combinaison de méthodes.
@drckt.bsky.social @learningscientists.bsky.social
#EduSky
@drckt.bsky.social @learningscientists.bsky.social
#EduSky
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La pratique de la récupération offre un bénéfice si évident en termes d' #apprentissage et de rétention qu'il est logique que les professions de #santé la trouvent extrêmement utile.
@drkaminske.bsky.social @learningscientists.bsky.social
#étudiants #EduSky
@drkaminske.bsky.social @learningscientists.bsky.social
#étudiants #EduSky
Retrieval Practice in the Health Professions — The Learning Scientists
Cover image by u_9p7tw4noz0 from Pixabay By Althea Need Kaminske Note: The following describes Health Professions Education within the U.S. As a learning scientist interested in how ...
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August 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
La pratique de la récupération offre un bénéfice si évident en termes d' #apprentissage et de rétention qu'il est logique que les professions de #santé la trouvent extrêmement utile.
@drkaminske.bsky.social @learningscientists.bsky.social
#étudiants #EduSky
@drkaminske.bsky.social @learningscientists.bsky.social
#étudiants #EduSky
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Great suggestions from others - some additional favs
For students:
Ace That Test: A Student’s Guide to Learning Better and Understanding How We Learn: A Visual Guide both @learningscientists.bsky.social
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Brown, Roediger & McDaniel 1/
For students:
Ace That Test: A Student’s Guide to Learning Better and Understanding How We Learn: A Visual Guide both @learningscientists.bsky.social
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Brown, Roediger & McDaniel 1/
August 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Great suggestions from others - some additional favs
For students:
Ace That Test: A Student’s Guide to Learning Better and Understanding How We Learn: A Visual Guide both @learningscientists.bsky.social
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Brown, Roediger & McDaniel 1/
For students:
Ace That Test: A Student’s Guide to Learning Better and Understanding How We Learn: A Visual Guide both @learningscientists.bsky.social
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Brown, Roediger & McDaniel 1/
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“What truly excited us, however, was the proportion of questions that went deeper.” On @learningscientists.bsky.social, read an analysis of how students interacted with AI to not only define, but examine ideas from introductory biology through a textbook chatbot. buff.ly/TWSDT3t #AcademicSky
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September 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“What truly excited us, however, was the proportion of questions that went deeper.” On @learningscientists.bsky.social, read an analysis of how students interacted with AI to not only define, but examine ideas from introductory biology through a textbook chatbot. buff.ly/TWSDT3t #AcademicSky
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Latest #WeeklyResourceRoundup #AberPGCTHE #EduSky #AcademicSky wordpress.aber.ac.uk/e-learning/2... feat. @jisc.bsky.social @qaa.ac.uk @transformassess.bsky.social @lauanshul.bsky.social #EmpowerED @edufuturist.bsky.social @learningscientists.bsky.social & more.
September 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
NEW POST: "Reblog: How To Convince Students To Use Effective Study Strategies?" by @drckt.bsky.social
www.learningscientists.org/blog/2023/6/...
www.learningscientists.org/blog/2023/6/...
Reblog: How To Convince Students To Use Effective Study Strategies? — The Learning Scientists
I’m currently preparing teaching for the upcoming academic year. One focus for me has been student self-regulated learning and time management skills. So, as I’m developing resources for students and...
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August 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
NEW POST: "Reblog: How To Convince Students To Use Effective Study Strategies?" by @drckt.bsky.social
www.learningscientists.org/blog/2023/6/...
www.learningscientists.org/blog/2023/6/...