Dr. Rachel Schechter was featured on the April 12th episode of Peter Hostrawser’s Disrupt Education podcast. This page houses teacher-friendly resources related to the topics mentioned during the discussion for those… Read More »Disrupt Education Guest
Dr. Rachel Schechter shares her expert opinion in Moonshot Junior’s article: Expert Opinion: How Experiential Learning Can Improve Kid’s Learning Article Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic that brought the world to… Read More »2021 Education Trends
This article is part of a series aimed at sharing insights from learning sciences research with educators. (Read the first two blogs in this series here and here.) Now that learning is happening… Read More »Learning Sciences Mythbuster: We don’t have either a growth mindset or a fixed mindset, it depends
This post is part of a learning sciences blog series debunking common myths in K–12 education. Read the introductory blog post in the series here. Have you ever put some food… Read More »Mythbuster: Is It Possible to Multitask? Why you should reconsider & what do to instead
This post is part of a learning sciences blog series debunking common myths in K–12 education. Read the introductory blog post in the series here. Have you ever tried explaining a… Read More »Fact or Fiction? The Myth That We Have Specific Learning Styles, Debunked
According to the nonprofit organization Digital Promise, many school administrators base their selection of educational technologies on word-of-mouth rather than scientific studies. But that prevents them from knowing whether the chosen… Read More »Using Popular Motivational Theories to Evaluate Digital Tools
This post is part of a learning sciences blog series debunking common myths in K–12 education. Read the introductory blog post in the series. I recently completed an online art class… Read More »Learning Sciences Mythbuster: We are not left-brained (logical) or right-brained (creative)
Teachers are the composers, orchestrating the rhythm of learning in the classroom. You pull materials from multiple sources, match resources to student needs, and iterate on your plans to help students meet their… Read More »Demystifying Learning Sciences
From 2011-2019 I led the research team Lexia Learning, committed to evaluating the efficacy and validity of our products, informing product design, partnering with customers to evaluate their implementations and student progress,… Read More »Meet Them Where They Are: Create Data Viz that Resonates with K–12 Evaluation Stakeholders