New research challenges the idea that spacing works through rest| The Learning Dispatch
Making AI Work for Learning, Not Just for Efficiency| The Learning Dispatch
A round-up of new evidence from cognitive science on learning, teaching and educational practice for educators| The Learning Dispatch
Borges, Bjork, and the science of memory, forgetting and learning| carlhendrick.substack.com
What Michelene Chi Taught Me About Misconceptions| carlhendrick.substack.com
Over 20 new studies on prior knowledge, feedback, spacing/retrieval, AI productivity myths, growth mindset failures, effort backfiring, phone bans, and teaching to the test| The Learning Dispatch
Evidence shows early access to smartphones is strongly associated with poorer mental health and wellbeing. But a lot of the evidence is correlational. What does that mean for schools and parents?| The Learning Dispatch
A new study surveying over 3,000 Spanish teachers, offers the most comprehensive picture yet of educational misconceptions in the wild.| carlhendrick.substack.com
New paper suggests that our understanding of motivation has been stuck in the 1980s which is good for academics but not useful for teachers and parents.| carlhendrick.substack.com
How educational research creates unnecessary divisions through terminological confusion| The Learning Dispatch
The recent critique of the Australian Education Research Organisation mischaracterises both the nature of evidence-based practice and AERO’s role in supporting teachers with it.| The Learning Dispatch
Learning doesn't always happen when the student completes a task. It's what happens when the task causes the student to think.| carlhendrick.substack.com
How a Brief Quiz Reduced Anxiety and Boosted Performance| The Learning Dispatch
A monthly roundup of new research on the science of learning for educators| carlhendrick.substack.com
The first in a series of posts looking at how responsive teaching can be understood, implemented, and embedded within system-wide efforts to improve teaching and learning.| carlhendrick.substack.com
A new study shows how convenience learning offloading memory to AI erodes learning and why memorisation is still essential to thinking.| The Learning Dispatch
Unguided or discovery learning imposes unfair cognitive burdens on students with ADHD and dyslexia but in different ways| carlhendrick.substack.com
Effective Instruction isn’t a matter of chance, but of design.| carlhendrick.substack.com
The first in a series of posts that will look closely at how to apply the science of learning in a way that is clear, impactful and sustainable.| The Learning Dispatch
Over the next few weeks, Academica UOAS be releasing support materials for the How Learning Happens course.| carlhendrick.substack.com
I recently recorded a session for McGraw Hill which focused on how principles from the Science of Learning align with Direct Instruction.| The Learning Dispatch
A reflection on the reading life. What formed it, what threatens it, and what remains.| carlhendrick.substack.com