Attempting recall of information from memory, as occurs when taking a practice test, is one of
the most potent training techniques known to learning science. However, does testing yield …

▪ Abstract This chapter focuses on recent research concerning verbal learning and memory.
A prominent guiding framework for research on this topic over the past three decades has …

This article presents the primitive elements theory of cognitive skills. The central idea is that
skills are broken down into primitive information processing elements that move and …

In recent years, though, attitudes toward teaching mathematics to young children, including
preschoolers, again has changed dramatically. For example, the National Council of …

Aim of the present functional magnet resonance imaging (fMRI) study was to detect
modifications of cerebral activation patterns related to learning arithmetic. Thirteen right …

The present fMRI study investigates, first, whether learning new arithmetic operations is
reflected by changing cerebral activation patterns, and second, whether different learning …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of 1st-grade number knowledge
tutoring with contrasting forms of practice. Tutoring occurred 3 times per week for 16 weeks …

The shift with practice from use of generic, multistep problem-solving strategies to fast and
relatively effortless memory-based strategies, was explored in 2 experiments using …

The paper presents a single-case study of patient JG showing severe calculation problems
(and also agraphia, finger agnosia, right-left disorientation and apraxia) after the surgery of a …

“Historically, number [and operations on them have] been a corner-stone of the entire
mathematics curriculum”(National Council of Teachers of Mathematics [NCTM], 2000, p. 32) …