In this episode, learn how we influence and are influenced by people - some we never meet, and discover how the human drive to connect can help us be better teachers and people.

Learn and laugh with Kristin Murphy.  This episode features teaching surprises, and research to bust popular myths in teaching.  Enjoy!

Program Notes:

Brown, Peter C. (2014). Make it stick : the science of successful learning. Cambridge, Massachusetts :The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,

Hard-to-read Fonts/Contrast article:  https://hbr.org/2012/03/hard-to-read-fonts-promote-better-recall

Font study: http://web.missouri.edu/~segerti/capstone/Oppenheimer.pdf

Handwritten vs. laptop notes study:

https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/sites.udel.edu/dist/6/132/files/2010/11/Psychological-Science-2014-Mueller-0956797614524581-1u0h0yu.pdf 

Listen and learn to find out why it is important to complete some tasks in the morning, and some in the afternoon.  When is the best time to learn math? write poetry? solve a problem requiring insight?  What role do breaks play in giving tests?  When should you tackle email and attend meetings? How can breaks make you a better teacher and more productive person?

Program Notes:

Research on the best time to complete insightful and creative tasks: (Wieks and Zacks, 2011) https://philpapers.org/rec/WIETOD  

Research about cognitive fatigue throughout the day, and breaks’ mitigating effect: 

Sievertsen, Hans Henrik, F. Gino, and Marco Piovesan.

"Cognitive Fatigue Influences Students' Performance on Standardized Tests." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113, no. 10 (March 8, 2016). 

Dan Pink (2018) When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing  https://www.danpink.com/books/when 

 Welcome to the podcast!  This is the first podcast in a series all about the precious commodity of time, and about how we can use our own experiences during the pandemic to not only inform, but also to improve our teaching,  to support friends and family who are teachers, or to improve our own life situations. In fact, there is a little something that everyone can take away from the podcast – for the fetching price of “free!”