Effective learning isn't just about finding the easiest path—it's about the right kind of challenge. Two prominent theories—Desirable Difficulties (DDF) and Cognitive Load Theory (CLT)—offer valuable ...

The rapid transformation of educational contexts driven by artificial intelligence (AI), which covers primary schools, secondary institutions and ...

How one therapist overcame formative experiences of cognitive dissonance, and how she now supports others to do the same.

The cognitive revolution officially began in the 1950s and 1960s, marked by the publication of influential books and articles ...

Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) explains how learning is influenced by the limited capacity of working memory. By understanding and managing different types of cognitive load, faculty can design more ...

Behaviorism was born from research done by Ivan Pavlov in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Pavlov’s research into animal digestion led to the recognition that the animals that were being ...

If a college baseball coach wants to improve the hitting average of his team, what should he do in batting practice? Is it more effective to have the players hit 15 fastballs, then 15 curve balls, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This article describes the Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA), an instructional model designed to increase the achievement ...

Long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD) are two well-studied forms of synaptic plasticity that are ...