Though your summer may be action-packed, “down-time” can easily turn into screen-time if you don’t make other plans. We put the question to Lexercise therapists: …
As a speech-language pathologist, I follow carefully both the scientific research and the articles on language learning that appear in the media. Among the latter, …
In the past two weeks we’ve discussed the benefits of two kinds of practice: spaced-out practice and retrieval practice. This week we are going …
You’ve probably heard this advice about studying for an exam: Don’t cram. Study a little every day. And get enough sleep! But reading and …
Lots of the top 100 most frequently used words in English have at least one irregular spelling element. These words are not only common words …
Blog Bites Public schools teach guessing which is an ineffective way to learn There are four different categories of guessing for reading comprehension If …
The summer is drawing to a close and the school year is going to begin again. You don’t want to burn your child out with …
So far in this series about methods for improving learning and memory, I have covered two facts from consensus research: No one method works …
We tend to think of forgetting as the enemy of learning, but the science of learning tells a different story. Forgetting is actually one of …
Practice Makes Perfect We’ve all heard the saying “practice makes perfect”, and in life we’ve all seen it’s truth. Neuroscience confirms that regular practice is a …
Latest Research Shows How the Brain Learns Reading The latest study in brain research gives greater understanding to how the brain responds to reading instruction. Stanford …