On this episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus speaks with Greg Ashman about cognitive load theory and the constraints of working memory, the many meanings of explicit teaching, why research-based ...

What is cognitive development? Expert Dr Samantha Durrant answers parents' questions around this tricky subject, and how it ...

It’s time for the academy to more purposely bridge the theory-practice divide and put cognitive science back in education.

In this research, a multi-display teaching system was developed, based on the design principles proposed by cognitive load theory (e.g., Sweller, Van Merriënboer, & Paas, 1998) and the cognitive ...

As popular as learning-style teaching theories may be, a group of cognitive psychologists say, there's no evidence to support their widespread use.

Learning Transfer & Cognitive Load When discussing learning transfer—the ability to apply previous knowledge, skills, and strategies to new contexts or situations—we should also be mindful of our ...