A Legal Education “Learning Triangle”
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. So picture a triangle: One way…
A 3-Step Method for Piloting Final Exam Reviews
In my experience, very few law students take advantage of exam reviews...and, when they do…
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Turning Fear of Failure Into Acts of Success
Basketball player "...Duncan Robinson was open and didn't shoot." So reads an article about the "Most…
Posted inAdvice Exams - Studying Learning Styles
Comfort – An Enemy of Learning?
There's a line from the movie "The Greatest Showman" that goes like this: "Comfort is…
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Compilation of Posts on Neuromyths
Over the past couple months, Scott Fruehwald and the team at the Legal Skills Prof…
A Queen Counsels: More Ear–Less Talk
I don't usually keep up with the world of royalty. But a recent article caught…
A Bountiful Harvest of Practice Problems – Just in Time for Final Exam Season
It's quite common for most of us learn to prepare for final exams...by, unfortunately, not…
Wise Interventions: A Searchable Research Database
Thanks to the work of social psychologists Gregory Walton (Stanford) and Timothy Wilson (Univ. of…
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Neuromyths
The Legal Skills Prof. Blog had 2 excellent posts last week regarding metacognition. The posts…
What Can We Learn from the “Best Learners in the Universe”
Ok...here's a thought experiment... What person or name first comes to mind as the best…