Insights, inspiration, and practical advice for modern educators.
A synthesis covering 481,000 students found classroom management's real secret: prevention over reaction — and the teacher's own confidence matters most.
Bastien Dolce
Sep 15, 2026 · 6 min read
Randomized trials show structured cooperative learning improves both achievement and peer relationships — but only when group work is built, not assigned.
A synthesis of 20 years of research found homework has real benefits in high school — and almost none in elementary grades. Here's how to assign accordingly.
A national experiment of a one-hour mindset session moved real grades and course enrollment — but only for the students who needed the message most.
Teachers wait less than one second after asking a question. Research shows stretching it to three transforms response quality and participation.
The EEF rates metacognition as worth up to +7 months of progress — a high-impact, nearly free approach. Here's how to build it into any lesson.
Black and Wiliam's classic synthesis found formative assessment produces 0.4–0.7 effect sizes — with the biggest gains for struggling learners.
Feedback has a 0.50 effect size across 3,400+ studies — but the research shows exactly which kinds help and which can actually hurt.
Roediger and Karpicke's classic study showed quizzing beats rereading — and that rereaders feel confident while retaining less.
