How to Choose Between Reviewing, Practicing, and Asking for Help

When learning gets difficult, many people reach for the same response every time. Some reread the chapter. Some keep doing more practice problems. Some search for a video. Some immediately ask a teacher, parent, tutor, coworker, or online forum for help. Each response can be useful, but none of them is always the right next […]

Learning News Brief: What New Research on Handwriting Means for Memory

What Happened Handwriting is back in the learning news because recent coverage is drawing together a stronger research story: writing by hand appears to engage memory-relevant systems differently from typing, but the useful classroom conclusion is more precise than “paper beats screens.” In May 2026, Edutopia summarized new and recent evidence in “Why Writing by […]