In the Cognitive Science in Education program, students examine the cognitive mechanisms that underlie learning and thinking in school and non-school settings. Our program trains students in basic ...

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Cognitive scientist Stellan Ohlsson analyzes three types of deep, non-monotonic cognitive change: creative insight, adaptation of cognitive skills by learning from errors, and conversion from one ...

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The Cognitive and Practical Skills domain involves acquiring and analyzing knowledge and skills and integrating them in a way that allows for effectively managing one’s daily affairs and meeting ...

you’ve experienced Cognitive Load Theory (CLT). How does CLT play out in the classroom? To understand that, we'll need to think first about memory and how we learn. Learning, remembering, and ...

Research in cognitive science and psychology is generating new insights into how we learn. Below, educational consultant and writer David Didau explores some key theories about learning – as ...

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