Professor of Psychology; Samford Univ; I study cognition, teaching & learning; See samford.edu/how-to-study/ and youtube.com/chann; Handbell Ringer
Joined January 2014
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Stephen Chew retweeted
May 22
🎓 Are we teaching for understanding or just racing through the syllabus?
Real teaching isn't about how many topics you cover. It's about what students actually retain, connect, and use.
Depth beats coverage every time. 👉 teachingprofessor.com/topics…
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May 18
My latest essay for @teachprof "Teaching Is Much More Than Telling" Subscription required, teachingprofessor.com/topics…
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Having said that, I think these diagrams from Prof Stephen Chew at Samford are amazing. SO helpful.
@SChewPsych
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Apr 21
My latest essay for @teachprof "Defensive Teaching and the Emphasis on Coverage" Subscription required:
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Stephen Chew retweeted
Apr 20
Cramming works.
That’s the problem.
Students often see it as effective because it delivers short-term results. Enough to pass. Enough to move on.
Read the full blog to rethink how students study and how you structure learning.
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Stephen Chew retweeted
Bumble bees are hardly nature’s most graceful creatures, and their name reflects it. But it turns out these bees show a surprising knack for rhythm.
The fuzzy insects can not only recognize a rhythm but also identify the same pattern when scientists change the tempo, according to new research—the first time this ability has been documented outside of a few mammals and birds.
Learn more: scim.ag/4s7u257
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Apr 3
My essay for @teachprof "The Allure and Risks of Cramming for Exams" now freely available on
@ResearchGate
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My essay for @teachprof "Mutually Satisfied Mediocrity: When Indifferent Teachers Meet Indifferent Students" now freely available on @ResearchGate researchgate.net/publication…
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Mar 16
My latest essay for @teachprof "The Allure and Risks of Cramming for Exams" Subscription required. teachingprofessor.com/topics…
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"participants had better memory for information they encountered through active choice—this memory boost partly explained why those statements later felt more true" - Moritz Ingendahl & André Vaz ow.ly/skNv50Ystw7
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Stephen Chew retweeted
What if the biggest threat to learning isn’t failure but comfortable mediocrity?
If you’ve ever felt a class running smoothly but lacking spark, this piece will challenge you to ask why.
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Stephen Chew retweeted
Algorithmic content increases #polarization
But downranking content that expresses partisan animosity or antidemocratic attitudes significantly reduces affective polarization
"These changes were comparable in size to 3 years of change in United States affective polarization"
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Feb 26
I’m happy the author “discovered” formative assessment, but what this essay really argues for is training grad students how to teach before they do it.
Feb 26
"As a scientist, I was trained to seek evidence, test hypotheses, and adjust based on data. However, in the classroom, I was teaching without any feedback. It felt like speaking into the void, without an opportunity to make adjustments. I needed a way to gauge students’ understanding before it was too late." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/4s1ewb4
ALT An illustration of a person talking to a crowd of people with green, yellow, and red faces. Hedline is: "I wasn’t sure students were grasping my lessons—so I devised an experiment."
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Stephen Chew retweeted
1 Aug 2025
👩‍🏫 You’ve prepped your slides. The students are engaged. Assessments are in place.
But here’s the real question: Are they actually learning?
Want to teach with more intention and clarity?
Start here.
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Stephen Chew retweeted
15 Oct 2025
We often focus on the students who smile, nod, or answer questions in class but what about the ones who stay quiet, struggle behind the scenes, or seem “invisible”?
These are often the students who need our guidance the most.
Learn more
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Stephen Chew retweeted
14 Nov 2025
What if a classic icebreaker could also boost learning? 🎯
In “Two Truths and a Lie as a Formative Assessment,” find out how a familiar classroom game can transform into an engaging teaching strategy.
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Stephen Chew retweeted
19 Dec 2025
Ever feel like the tech you’re supposed to rely on is somehow making your job harder?
If you’ve ever wondered how to stay grounded when everything keeps updating, shifting, or breaking, this is the piece you’ll want to read.
Read the blog today.
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Stephen Chew retweeted
Jan 15
You know Richard Feynman as the brilliant Nobel laureate with a flair for genius. But there’s a chapter of his story most educators never hear.
Follow the link to see how a genius thought about teaching, and what he wished he could do over again.
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Stephen Chew retweeted
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Stephen Chew retweeted
Feb 13
Everyone assumes statistics education must start with software. SPSS. R. Dashboards. Automation.
If you teach stats, research methods, or quantitative reasoning, this one will challenge your assumptions in the best way.
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