Neuroeducation Will Lead to Big Breakthroughs in Learning |
Applying neuroscience to education to gain a more objective understanding of learning that is based on evidence. |
What Neuroscience Can Tell Us About Making Fractions Stick |
Learning maths is cognitively taxing becuase students must recruit many parts of the brain to solve any problem. This article looks at the importance of understanding how careful brain-based instruction can prime the brain for new learning. |
Combining Effective Learning Strategies |
An article exploring how you can effectively combine evidence-based learning strategies to improve student learning and engagement. |
Retrieval Practice: The Most Powerful Learning Strategy You're Not Using |
Short article comparing retrieval practice with other methods of studying, whereby cognitive psychologists are finding that nothing cements long-term learning as powerfully as retrieval practice.
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Learning Strategies: A synthesis and conceptual model |
A review article that explores a model of learning that proposes that various learning strategies are powerful at certain stages in the learning cycle. |
The Real Learning Curve |
Short article on the benefit of the science of learning |
How does the brain learn best? |
Smart studying strategies based on neuroscientific research |
Studying with quizzes helps make sure the material sticks |
Using retrieval practice to enhance memory |
Metacognition- The gift that keeps on giving |
How to teach students to be more metacognitive. |
Busting the multitasking myth |
The science behind multitasking |