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I often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard to keep up. So I’ve started writing a “round-up” of some of them each week or every other week as a regular feature.

By the way, you might also be interested in My Best Posts On New Research Studies In 2018 – So Far

Here are some new useful studies (and related resources):

Spotlight on Research – getting to grips with what’s available is from the CEMBlog.

Heat makes you dumb, in four charts is from The Washington Post.

Summer Learning Gaps Worsen in Higher Grades, Just Not the Way You Think is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On The “Summer Slide”

Why the Most Important Idea in Behavioral Decision-Making Is a Fallacy is from Scientific American. I’m adding it to The Best Posts On “Loss Aversion” & Schools.

Does the Trolley Problem Have a Problem? is from Slate. I’m adding it to The Best Videos About The Famous “Trolley Problem”