The primary goal of instruction should be to facilitate long-term learning—that is, to create
relatively permanent changes in comprehension, understanding, and skills of the types that …

An interleaved presentation of items (as opposed to a blocked presentation) has been
proposed to foster inductive learning (interleaving effect). A meta-analysis of the interleaving …

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 …

Concern that students in the United States are less proficient in mathematics, science, and
reading than their peers in other countries has led some to question whether American …

Educational practice does not, for the most part, rely on research findings. Instead, there'sa
preference for relying on our intuitions about what's best for learning. But relying on intuition …

In theoretical cognitive science, there is a tension between highly structured models whose
parameters have a direct psychological interpretation and highly complex, general-purpose …

How do learners make decisions about how, what, and when to study, and why are their
decisions sometimes ineffective for learning? In three studies, learners experienced a pair of …

Students' self-reported study skills and beliefs are often inconsistent with empirically
supported (ES) study strategies. However, little is known regarding instructors' beliefs about …

A typical mathematics assignment consists primarily of practice problems requiring the
strategy introduced in the immediately preceding lesson (eg, a dozen problems that are …

Both cognitive and educational psychology literature strive to investigate human category
and concept learning. However, both literatures focus on different phenomena and often use …