Effort matters. Persistence matters. Resilience matters. Where success is concerned — however you choose to define success, because it is a choice — plenty of things matter. Especially the ability to ...

Malcolm Gladwell may or may not have been completely right when he claimed that becoming a true expert in any subject requires 10,000 hours of practice, but whether his exact number stands up to ...

My guest poster, Steve Peha, founder of Teaching That Makes Sense, Inc., comments on recent psychological research showing that kids spend more time using the five least effective learning techniques ...

Let's say that you want to learn concepts A, B, and C. The traditional model of education has you master each in turn through massed practice: AAABBBCCC. Interleaving mixes this up, for example: ...

Do you think repeating formulas or practising more is always better? Neuroscience strongly disagrees. Overlearning, or continuing to study well beyond mastery, can be comforting but reams of research ...