by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Information Fluency
Via Huffington Post Students in school are rarely given opportunities to rest and reflect on the knowledge they’ve acquired, but a new study suggests that giving the mind a little targeted downtime could be a highly effective way to boost learning. The brain... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Information Fluency, Leadership, Teaching
When children spend more time in structured activities, they get worse at working toward goals, making decisions, and regulating their behavior, according to a new study. Instead, kids might learn more when they have the responsibility to decide for themselves what...