When students encounter a set of concepts (or terms or principles) that are similar in some
way, they often confuse one with another. For instance, they might mistake one word for …

Educational psychology has generated a prolific array of findings about factors that influence
and correlate with academic achievement. We review select findings from this voluminous …

The widely used STEM education book, updated Teaching and Learning STEM: A Practical
Guide covers teaching and learning issues unique to teaching in the science, technology …

Skill Acquisition Theory accounts for how people progress in learning a variety of skills, from
initial learning to advanced proficiency. The scientific roots of Skill Acquisition Theory are to …

This book focuses on a number of contemporary mainstream theories in second language
(L2) acquisition research that have generated attention among scholars. Since the mid …

This meta‐analysis investigates earlier studies of spaced practice in second language
learning. We retrieved 98 effect sizes from 48 experiments (N= 3,411). We compared the …

Two studies examined undergraduates' metacognitive awareness of six empirically-
supported learning strategies. Study 1 results overall suggested an inability to predict the …

The spacing effect—that is, the benefit of spacing learning events apart rather than massing
them together—has been demonstrated in hundreds of experiments, but is not well known to …

The companion book to COURSERA®'s wildly popular massive open online course"
Learning How to Learn" Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science …

We introduce an integrated theory of learning and forgetting that has implications for training
theory and practice. We begin with a review of skill acquisition research that argues that …