PSA: Cramming and memorizing isn't identical to learning and understanding. Here, learn strategies for long-term learning by engaging key cognitive systems. Following George Floyd’s murder and the ...

In my 29 years of teaching, I have often reflected on the balance between memorization and understanding. I recall one conversation where a math teacher shared the belief that “memorization no longer ...

Someone once said that memory is fascinating because sometimes we forget what we want to remember, sometimes we remember what we want to forget, and sometimes we remember events that never happened or ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What is the appropriate role of student memorization in teaching and learning? What is the role of memorization in teaching and learning today? Do students have to ...

There was a time that I thought that understanding math was more useful than memorizing it. A certain amount of memorization is essential, especially for lower-level math. For example, you need to ...

Memorization can get a bad rap in education debates, conjuring images of mindless repetition or a “drill and kill” pedagogy. After all, why memorize something when we can look it up on our phone? But ...

The human brain’s ability to store and recall information remains one of science’s most intriguing areas of study. From remembering where we placed our keys to preserving precious moments with loved ...

Rick, I thought your recent interview with Andrew Coulson of ST Math was a fascinating look at how educational products — particularly those that address math — are promoted. In the interview, Coulson ...

Rick, I thought your recent interview with Andrew Coulson of ST Math was a fascinating look at how educational products—particularly those that address math—are promoted. In the interview, Coulson ...