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Who is going to step up for their students?<\/p>\n<p>From Ed Yong&#8217;s blog:  <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/NotRocketScience\/~3\/EK-Sjk7v5iA\/\">Writing about exam worries for 10 minutes improves student results<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These studies keep coming out but I don&#8217;t hear of anyone trying them in the classroom. Frankly, the results are spectacular given the very small investment of energy and attention by students or teachers&#8211;these exercises beg to be tested in the real classroom. Who is going to step up for their students? 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