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Learning & cognition
Learning & cognition
Ideas and research about memory, attention, knowledge, cognition and how students learn — with a particular interest in what these findings actually mean inside a classroom.
Questions I'm exploring
Things I'm thinking about
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How does what a student already knows change what they are able to learn?
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What makes some information easier to remember than other information?
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When do strategies such as retrieval practice actually help?
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What does psychology tell us about attention, memory and cognitive load?
Writing
Writing in this area
Articles and notes on this topic will appear here as I add them to the site.
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