How Learning Works:  A Playbook, 2022

How Learning Works: A Playbook, 2022

The authors unpack the science of how students learn and translate that knowledge into strategies for maximum learning impact in the classroom.  Learning principles addressed include:  motivation, attention, elaborate encoding, retrieval and practice, cognitive load, productive struggle, and feedback.  Learning strategies addressed include:  goal setting, integrating prior knowledge, summarizing, mapping, self-testing, and elaborative interrogation.  

Reviewed by Carol Campbell, PhD

Vice President for Education

Southwestern Union Conference

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