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Put your hands together—for the research-backed benefits of singing, clapping, and chanting in class! 👏 According to the neurobiologist Nina Krauss, "rhythmic synchrony"—like tapping to a beat together, or dancing together—leads to tighter human bonds based on "interpersonal synchrony." And researchers like Christina Zhao and Patricia Kuhl have found that musical skills "generalize to speech processing" and support the recognition of patterns and rhythms in language.

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Nature Journaling

Nature journaling can build crucial cognitive and processing skills for students of *all* ages. 🌳 🐜 Read the article to learn more about the research.

Optimizing Working Memory in the Classroom

Research says: To preserve your focus, hide your phone! 🧠📱 Watch our video to learn more.

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Pre-Lesson Quizzing

Giving students ungraded, pre-lesson practice quizzes can boost retention and transfer by up to 49 percent. 🚀 Read the full article to learn more about the research.

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Multiple Modalities Impact Memory

We know that spicing up a learning activity by adding movement can enhance student memory—pairing the word “airplane” with pretending to be one, for example—but do we know by how much? In a 2022 meta-analysis, researchers combed through 183 studies across the last six decades to find the answer. It’s a larger-than-expected bonus: Acting out a word while saying it has an effect size of 1.23, making it a “reliable and effective mnemonic tool” to promote learning.

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Math Anxiety

The solution to math anxiety isn’t just improving math skills. Research says it’s crucial to address the psychological origins directly. For example... 💬 Be encouraging and avoid language that makes math feel inaccessible. ⏳ Offer low-stakes or untimed tests to reduce stress. 🌏 Embed math in real-world problems and projects to keep students engaged.

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100 Emails a Day

With the average teacher receiving up to 100 emails a day, school policies should support them in fully disconnecting after hours. 📱

Did You Know? Students who draw new information remember nearly twice as much as students who write about, speak about, or visualize it.

But be careful: When kids draw complex materials on their own, they can inadvertently commit mistakes to memory. By engaging in collaborative drawing at the whiteboard, teachers can “immediately deal with emerging inaccuracies and misconceptions by initiating revision.”

Sources: Fernandes, Wammes, & Meade, 2018; Lardi & Leopold, 2022 Curriculum Writing, Learning Maps, Science Drawing, Writing Curriculum, Boost Memory, Visual Memory, Student Drawing, Middle School Teachers, What Do You Mean

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What Do You Mean

Why have students draw what they're learning?

Drawing is a powerful way to learn, if you scaffold the process. By standing at the whiteboard and asking students clarifying questions like “What do you mean by ‘goes under the other,’ and how should I draw it?”, you can ensure they truly understand the material.

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Why connect classwork to students’ future goals?

Here’s what the research says.

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