Teaching the science of learning

Y Weinstein, CR Madan, MA Sumeracki - Cognitive research: principles …, 2018‏ - Springer
The science of learning has made a considerable contribution to our understanding of
effective teaching and learning strategies. However, few instructors outside of the field are …

[HTML][HTML] Retrieval practice enhances new learning: The forward effect of testing

B Pastötter, KHT Bäuml - Frontiers in psychology, 2014‏ - frontiersin.org
In the last couple of years, there has been a dramatic increase in laboratory research
examining the benefits of recall testing on long-term learning and retention. This work was …

Creating visual explanations improves learning

E Bobek, B Tversky - Cognitive research: principles and implications, 2016‏ - Springer
Many topics in science are notoriously difficult for students to learn. Mechanisms and
processes outside student experience present particular challenges. While instruction …

Modified guided discovery model: a conceptual framework for designing learning model using guided discovery to promote student's analytical thinking skills

IGAPA Wulandari, C Sa'dijah, AR As'ari… - Journal of Physics …, 2018‏ - iopscience.iop.org
This paper introduces the Modified Guided Discovery learning model as a conceptual
framework for learning that focuses on improving students' analytical skills at the secondary …

Testing improves performance as well as assesses learning: A review of the testing effect with implications for models of learning.

CW Polack, RR Miller - Journal of Experimental Psychology …, 2022‏ - psycnet.apa.org
Taking a test of previously studied material has been shown to improve long-term
subsequent test performance in a large variety of well controlled experiments with both …

Long-term memory updating: The reset-of-encoding hypothesis in list-method directed forgetting

B Pastötter, T Tempel, KHT Bäuml - Frontiers in Psychology, 2017‏ - frontiersin.org
People's memory for new information can be enhanced by cuing them to forget older
information, as is shown in list-method directed forgetting (LMDF). In this task, people are …

Prequestions do not enhance the benefits of retrieval in a STEM classroom

J Geller, SK Carpenter, MH Lamm, S Rahman… - Cognitive Research …, 2017‏ - Springer
Answering questions before a learning episode—“prequestions”—can enhance memory for
that information. A number of studies have explored this effect in the laboratory; however …

Examining the effect size and duration of retrieval-induced facilitation

MT Oliva, BC Storm - Psychological Research, 2023‏ - Springer
Under certain conditions, the retrieval of some information can increase the recall of other
information, a phenomenon known as retrieval-induced facilitation. Chan (Journal of …

Effects of distributed practice and criterion level on word retrieval in aphasia

J Schuchard, KA Rawson, EL Middleton - Cognition, 2020‏ - Elsevier
This study examined how the distribution and amount of practice affect word retrieval in
aphasia as well as how such factors relate to the efficiency of learning. The central …

Feedback at test can reverse the retrieval-effort effect

O Kliegl, RA Bjork, KHT Bäuml - Frontiers in psychology, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
The testing effect refers to the finding that retrieving previously encoded material typically
improves subsequent recall performance more on a later test than does restudying that …