The Learning Scientists Podcast
A podcast for teachers, students, and parents about evidence based practice and learning.
Episodes
Episode 98: Executive Functioning in the Classroom with Sarah Oberle and Mitch Weathers
In Episode 98, Cindy interviews Sarah Oberle and Mitch Weathers, experts in executive functioning.
Episode 97: Thinking Is Hard
In Episode 97, Althea reads her blog post Thinking is Hard.
Episode 96: Believing in Yourself with Myriam Da Silva
In Episode 95, Cindy talks with Myriam Da Silva about believing in yourself to support learning.
Episode 95: Supporting Neurodivergent Kids and Adults with Emily Kircher-Morris
In episode 95, Cindy talks with Emily Kircher-Morris, M.A., M.Ed., LPC, a licensed professional counselor specializing in supporting neurodivergent kids and adults (and their families).
Episode 94: Retrieval Practice in the Health Professions
In Episode 94, Althea reads her blog post Retrieval Practice in the Health Professions.
Episode 93: Compassion Fatigue in Educators with Dr Chiara Horlin
In Episode 93, Carolina chats with Dr Chiara Horlin, a Senior Lecturer in Psychology in the School of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Glasgow, about wellbeing in educators and specifically about a phenomenon called ‘compassion fatigue’.
Episode 92: Science Communication with Leonardo Feletto
In Episode 92, Althea talks with Leonardo Feletto. Leo has a PhD in Molecular Biology and is now a science teacher. But most important for this particular episode, Leo is a science communicator.
Episode 91: Executive Functioning in Special Education with Sean McCormick
In Episode 91, Cindy talks with Sean McCormick, founder and Executive Director at EF Specialists. They discuss the research on executive functioning training, especially for neurodiverse students, and the degree to which it transfers to everyday life. In the episode, they mention several research studies. For free resources, please visit efspecialists.com.
Episode 90: Dual Coding-Can There Be Too Much of a Good Thing?
In Episode 90, Megan reads her blog post Dual Coding: Can There be too Much of a Good Thing?
Episode 89: Who Should Create Study plans?
For some of our podcast episodes, we are going to read blog posts, audiobook style. This allows listeners to access the written material from the blog in audio form, which we imagine may help some who don’t have much time for reading (but DO have time to listen in the car). It also allows us to bring some of our most interesting, important, and/or popular posts back into the spotlight.
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Episode 88: Quick Podcast Updates and a Discussion About Multitasking
In Episode 88, Megan, Cindy, Carolina, and Althea talk about the new direction of the Learning Scientists Podcast, and about multitasking!
Episode 87: Executive Functioning Skills with Mitch Weathers
In Episode 87, Cindy chats with Mitch Weathers, a veteran teacher and Founder and CEO of Organized Binder. Mitch discusses what exactly is meant by executive functioning, his own learning struggles as a student, and his many projects aimed at improving students’ executive functioning skills including his recently released book, Executive Functions for Every Classroom: Creating Safe and Equitable L
Episode 86: EdTech and AI with Jared Cooney Horvath (Recorded Live from ResearchED)
In episode 86, Cindy talks with Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath, neuroscientist, educator, and author of Stop Talking, Start Influencing: 12 Insights from Brain Science to Make Your Message Stick. In this episode, Jared reviews some of the history of technological advancements, how technology has impacted learning, and shares some of his ideas for how artificial intelligence may impact both learning and
Episode 85: Digital Literacy with Natalia Kucirkova
In Episode 85, Megan talks with Natalia Kucirkova, PhD, a Professor of Early Childhood and Development at the University of Stavanger in Norway and Professor of Reading and Children’s Development at The Open University, UK. Natalia leads a network of learning scientists, WiKIT, who support diverse EdTech organizations to be more evidence-based and aligned with the science of learning. She is autho
Episode 84: An Evidence - Based Approach to Teaching Reading and Writing – An Interview with Dominic Wyse and Charlotte Hacking
In Episode 84, Carolina talks to Dominic Wyse and Charlotte Hacking; the authors of the brand-new book “The Balancing Act: An Evidence-Based Approach to Teaching Phonics, Reading and Writing”. Together they explore the chapters of the book that takes a research-informed approach to teaching pupils how to read and write.
Episode 83: An Interview with We Do It For the Culture founder Jamila Sams
In Episode 83, Althea interviews Jamila Sams, CEO and founder of We Do It For the Culture (TM), a culturally responsive social emotional learning curriculum rooted in Hip-Hop culture for middle and high school students. Jamila discusses the five components of social-emotional learning, hip-hop, and shares examples of how the curriculum has connected with students.
Episode 82: An Interview with Robert Malkin on Academic Research for High School Students
Episode 81: STP Talk -- Science Communication about Retrieval Practice
In Episode 81, Megan, Cindy, Carolina, and Althea walk through their Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) Annual Conference on Teaching (ACT) talk! The episode was recorded in October 2023 when all four Learning Scientists were together in Portland, Oregon for the conference. After they gave their formal talk, they recorded their talk in one of their hotel rooms to reach more people.
Episode 80: An Interview with Kareem Farah from The Modern Classrooms Project
In Episode 80, Cindy interviews Kareem Farah, CEO and co-founder of the Modern Classrooms Project.
Episode 79: Toddlers Can Read with Spencer Russell
In Episode 79, Althea interviews Spencer Russell, an award-winning teacher and educator about early childhood literacy. You can learn more about Spencer's approach to early childhood literacy at https://www.toddlersread.com/. Follow him on Instagram (@toddlerscanread) for tips and videos!
Episode 78: learningscientists.org Resource Refresher
In Episode 78, Megan, Cindy, Carolina, and Althea talk through the resources available on learningscientists.org.
Episode 77: EF+Math -- Interdisciplinary Teams Co-Creating Evidence-Based Approaches
In Episode 77, Megan interviews Maxim Vickerie and Adam Smith from EF+Math, a program supported by the nonprofit AERDF.
Episode 76: Meeting at the Intersection of Research and Education
In Episode 76, Cindy interviews Sarah Oberle (@S_Oberle) about the intersection between research and education.
Episode 75: Introducing our New Book Ace That Test!!
In Episode 75, Megan, Cindy, Carolina, and Althea talk about their new book, Ace That Test: A Student’s Guide to Learning Better. They provide an overview of the book, provide some examples, and discuss the writing process. Ace That Test: A Student’s Guide to Learning Better is out July 19th! Preorders are available now with a 20% off code if you access through our website.
Episode 74: Boys Do Cry – An Interview With Matt Pinkett
Content warning: Please be advised that in this episode we discuss the topic of suicide in depth with a lived experience story. Matt reads a part of his book where a mother describes her personal experience with this topic.
In Episode 74, Carolina interviews Matt Pinkett – the author of Boys Don’t Try? – to talk about his new book Boys Do Cry: Improving Boys’ Mental Health and Wellbeing in School
Episode 73: An Interview with the Director of IES
In Episode 73 Althea interview Mark Schneider, Director of the Institute of Educational Sciences (IES). Mark discusses some of the challenges facing educators today and how IES can facilitate education research.
Episode 72: An Interview with the Authors of Planting an Idea
In Episode 72, Althea interviews Jerry Apps and Natasha Kassulke, authors of Planting an Idea: A Guidebook to Critical and Creative Thinking about Environmental Problems.
Episode 71: An Interview with John Hattie, Author of Visible Learning
In Episode 71, Althea interviews John Hattie, author of Visible Learning. They talk about his newest book, Visible Learning: The Sequel.
Episode 70: An Interview with the Authors of Study Like a Champ
In Episode 70, Cindy interviews John Dunlosky from Kent State University and Regan Gurung from Oregon State University. John and Regan recently published a book entitled Study Like A Champ: The Psychology-Based Guide to Grade A Study Habits. In this episode John and Regan discuss a little bit about their research and how they practice what they preach in the classroom.
Episode 69: An Interview with the Psych Sessions Podcast Hosts
In Episode 69, Cindy interviews Garth Neufeld from Cascadia College and Eric Landrum from Boise State University.
Episode 68: Intersectionality with Zayba Ghazali-Mohammed and Arun Verma
In Episode 68, Carolina interviews Dr Zayba Ghazali-Mohammed (@Zayba_G) and Dr Arun Verma (@drarunverma) to learn more about the concept of intersectionality.
Episode 67: How to Support Students with MTSS with Eva Dundas
In Episode 67, Megan interviews Eva Dundas from Branching Minds (@BranchingMinds). Visit Branching Minds www.branchingminds.com, for free resources for teachers and leaders.
Episode 66: Talking about Talking with Children, an Interview with Rebecca Rolland
In Episode 66, Cindy interviews Rebecca Rolland, a speech pathologist, Harvard Lecturer, author of The Art of Talking with Children, and mom of two! Listen to learn about talking with your own children, as well as the children in your classroom.
Episode 65: Teaching about Climate Change with Protect Our Future
In Episode 65, Althea interviews Lyndsey-Lee Dunwoody (@LyndseyDunwoody) of 1851 Trust (@1851Trust) about their new platform Protect Our Future.
Episode 64: Lived Experience of Higher Education Students With the 'Dyslexia Label'
In Episode 64, Carolina interviews Emma Noble who is a final year Psychology student at the University of Glasgow. Emma gives an overview of her final year dissertation project where she explored the lived experience of Higher Education students with a formal dyslexia diagnosis.
Episode 63: A Chat with the Lab Out Loud Podcast Hosts
In Episode 63, Megan chats with the hosts of the Lab Out Loud Podcast, Brian Bartel and Dale Basler. Last month (February 2022) we talked on the Lab Out Loud Podcast, and in this episode, we continue our conversation.
Episode 62: Effective Professional Development with Laura Nevins and Frank Patranella
In Episode 62, Cindy interviews Dr. Laura Nevins and Dr. Frank Patranella on making professional development workshops effective.
Episode 61 - Discussing the Digital Divide with Amber Birsen
In Episode 61, Althea interviews Amber Birsen,. Amber recently made a contribution to a report by Oxford University Press called, ‘Addressing the Deepening Digital Divide’. Much of what she discusses she learned and has taken from the report as well as her experiences as a teacher over the last two years.
Episode 60 - Using the Motivation Literature to Support Teachers
In Episode 60, Cindy interviews Mary Chappell (@LiteracyMary), A Department of Education Special Education Curriculum Specialist.
Episode 59 - Neurodiversity in Education
Episode 58 - Bite-Size Research on Delayed and Immediate Feedback in the Classroom
In this bite-size research episode, Megan discusses research on delayed vs. immediate feedback in the classroom.
Episode 57 - Using the Science of Learning in Organizations
In Episode 57, Cindy interviews Kathryn Desmarais, a Senior Director of Global Education Solutions at Johnson & Johnson.
Episode 56 - A Conversation on Researchers and Teachers Working Together
In Episode 56, Cindy interviews Andrew Watson (@AndrewWatsonTTB), author of The Goldilocks Map and founder of Translate the Brain.
Episode 55 - An Interview with Two Students Focused on Inclusivity in Education
In episode 55, Carolina interviews two students who have been heavily involved in inclusivity in education, Ally Lloyd and Anna Gallagher. Together, they co-lead The Luna Project. Their goal is to increase awareness and support of young people with chronic illnesses disabilities and long-term health conditions.
Episode 54 - An Interview with the Co-Founders of Podsie
In Episode 54, Megan interviews Josh Ling and Jesse Mao, the co-founders of Podsie. Podsie is a nonprofit organization, and its mission is to empower teachers and improve student learning by providing free access to evidence-based learning techniques.
Episode 53 - An interview with Applied Linguist and Author Alex Poole
In Episode 53, Althea interviews applied linguist and author of Learning a Foreign Language: Understanding the Fundamentals of Linguistics, Alex Poole.
Episode 52 - Two University Students Share Their Experiences with Online Learning During A Pandemic
In Episode 52, Carolina interviews two of her students, Ellie Brownlie and Alicja Turek, about their experiences with online learning.
Episode 51 - An Interview with Memory Expert Boris Konrad
In Episode 51, Cindy interviews memory expert Boris Konrad (@borisnkonrad).
Episode 50 - Metacognitive Monitoring of Adolescents and Young Adults
In today’s episode, Althea covers a paper about metacognitive monitoring and differences between adolescents (ages 11-12) and traditional university-aged adults (ages 18-25) when using different learning strategies.
Episode 49 - Learning Styles and Dual Coding
In today’s episode, Megan and Althea cover a paper that tests learning styles and dual coding theories within one experiment.
Episode 48 - Prevalence-Induced Concept Change
In today’s episode, Cindy talks about prevalence-induced concept change and implications for society and the classroom!
Episode 47 - Emergency Distance Learning
In this episode, Megan shares her current thoughts about the pivot to distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Episode 46 - The Application of Research with Pooja Agarwal
In today’s episode, Cindy interviews Pooja Agarwal (@PoojaAgarwal).
Episode 45 - Bite-Size Research on Seductive Details
In this bite-size research episode, Carolina discusses research on seductive details—the details we include in our teaching that are not necessarily relevant for understanding the topic but make the lesson more interesting.
Episode 44 - Literacy and Making Mistakes with Kristen McQuillan
In this episode, Cindy Nebel interviews Kristen McQuillan, her student in the Vanderbilt EdD program in Leadership and Learning in Organization. Kristen is a director at TNTP, a non-profit organization that helps schools reach goals for students. Cindy and Kristen talk about learning mistakes in literacy.
Episode 43 - Evidence-based Strategies and the Whole Learning Process
In this episode, Megan and Althea discuss a listener question about the focus on evidence-based strategies and other important aspects of the whole learning process.
Episode 42 - Bite-Size Research on Attention and Retrieval Practice
In this bite-size research episode, Althea describes a study about how attention affects learning with retrieval practice when students are studying on their own by Neil Mulligan and Milton Picklesimer (2016).
Episode 41 - Feedback with Dr. Naomi Winstone
In this episode, Carolina Keupper-Tetzel interviews Dr. Naomi Winstone (@DocWinstone) an expert in assessment and feedback.
Episode 40 - Memorizing Facts vs Using Information with Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath
In this episode, Cindy Nebel interviews Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath (@JCHorvath), neuroscientist and educator affiliated with University of Melbourne and author of Stop Talking Start Influencing: 12 Insights From Brain Science to Make Your Message Stick. During the interview, they discuss how we take information in, and how do we use it, or transfer it to new situations.
Episode 39 - Bite-Size Research on Awareness of Evidence-Based Practice
In this Bite-Size Research Episode, Megan describes a paper by Kayla Morehead and colleagues (2016) about student and instructor knowledge about evidence-based study strategies.
Episode 38 - A (pseudo) Randomized Control Experiment about Teaching Effective Learning Strategies
In this episode, Megan and Cindy talk about their massive research project at Washburn University investigating the effectiveness of an intervention to teach first-year college students effective study strategies.
Episode 37 - Bite-Size Research on Learning to Learn Effectively
In this episode, Megan describes a paper by Dr. Jennifer McCabe investigating whether students understand what learning strategies are most effective, and whether we can teach this to students.
Episode 36 - Carolina's Research on CPD and Service Learning
In this episode, Megan and Carolina chat about Carolina's CPD research, her Service Learning projects, and the TILE network.
Episode 35 - Implementing Effective Strategies
Episode 35 - Implementing Effective Strategies
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Episode 34 - An Introduction to our Team in 2019!
Listen as Megan, Cindy, Althea, and Carolina discuss our workshops during our England 2019 tour, and the excitement around talking with teachers about the science of learning.
Episode 33 - Bite-Size Research on Using Laptops to Take Notes
In this bite-size research episode, Megan covers a research article that finds taking notes by hand to lead to more learning than taking notes on laptops.
Episode 32 - Attention, Learning, and Memory with Althea Kaminske
In this episode, Megan interviews Dr. Althea Kaminske, the newest member of the Learning Scientists and Assistant Professor at St. Bonaventure University in New York.
Episode 31 - Bite-Size Research on Retrieval Practice and Complex Content
This is a bite-size research episode, where we briefly describe research findings on a specific topic. This week, Yana talks research findings about the benefits of retrieval practice when learning complex materials.
Episode 30 - Learning and Applying Medical Knowledge with MD PhD student Alexander Chamessian
In this episode, Yana interviews Alexander Chamessian, an MD PhD student who has been consistently utilizing evidence-based learning strategies.
Episode 29 - Developments in Brain Imaging to Foster Learning with Julien Mercier
In this episode, we interview Julien Mercier at the EARLI conference in London about his work with brain imaging and Education.
Episode 28 - Technology and the Brain with Miriam Reiner
In this episode, we interview Miriam Reiner at the EARLI conference in London about her work with technology and the brain. Miriam is the head of the Virtual-Reality & NeuroCognition at the Israel institute of Technology.
Episode 27 - Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, and Dyspraxia with Jane Emerson
In this episode, we interview Jane Emerson at the EARLI conference in London about her work with those who suffer from dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dyspraxia. Jane is the founder of Emerson House, a teaching center helping children who need extra help with literacy and numbers.
Episode 26 - Classroom Noise and Learning with Jessica Massonnié
In this episode, we interview Jessica Massonnié at the EARLI conference in London about her research on noise in the classroom, and how noise affects student learning and creativity.
Episode 25 - An Interview with Two Teachers
In this episode, we interview two teachers at the EARLI conference in London about their teacher learning and student learning communities.
Episode 24 - The Golden Spiral of Lifelong Learning with Ignatius Gous
In this episode, we interview Ignatius Gous at the EARLI conference in London about his framework to assist in lifelong learning.
Episode 23 - Executive Function and Computational Thinking with Rina Lai
In this episode we interview Rina Lai in London!
Episode 22 - Attention and the Classroom with Michael Hobbiss
Episode 22 - Attention and the Classroom with Michael Hobbiss
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Episode 21 - Executive Function Development with Emma Blakey
In this episode, we interview Emma Blakey at the EARLI conference in London about executive function development in young children.
Episode 20 - Sleep, Learning, and Self Care
In this Episode, we discuss the importance of sleep for learning and self care, and talk about tips for bed time.
Episode 19 - Bite-Size Research on Benefits of Retrieval with Medical Residents
This is a bite-size research episode, where we briefly describe research findings on a specific topic. This week, Megan talks research findings showing that medical residents benefit from retrieval practice after didactic conferences.
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