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Okay, let’s face it: Learning is a human function. Kids learn naturally and effortlessly well before they become students. Students learn complexly in their non-school endeavors. Yet when it comes to education, students — young through old — use an unnatural approach to learning, a method that leaves students perplexed and educators frustrated. Below are three research-based facts students must understand …

Abstract: Economists use predictive factors to determine how an economy will perform. In doing so, they must distinguish between information that drives or is correlated with future performance — leading indicators, from data that measure past performance – lagging indicators. Educators and students regularly, unknowingly, mistake lagging indicators for leading indicators. This misinterpretation results in many bad outcomes: teacher frustration, …

This is part II of a two part article.  Click here for Part I Networks A few years ago, educators throughout the country began suggesting that group study was counterproductive. This message made its way to my campus.  Referencing purported “research” from a widely distributed book, some faculty were actively discouraging students from studying in groups. These well-intentioned colleagues claimed …

Most established professionals don’t face the same types of challenges as students. We (as professionals) have the luxury of primarily operating from places of competence and strength.  If we are in-class educators, we teach in the ways that are most comfortable to us. Learning support professionals use strategies that are most congruent with their approach to learning.   What’s behind …