Understanding How We Learn : A Visual Guide (Hardcover)

Part 1: Evidence-based Education and the Science of Learning

Introduction: Communication Breakdown Between Science and Practice in Education

1: Pernicious Education Myths

2. Different Types of Evidence in Education

3. Is Intuition the Enemy of Teaching and Learning

4. Perception

5. Attention

6. Memory

7. Strategies for Effective Learning: An Overview

8. Planning Learning: Spaced Practice and Interleaving

9. Development of Understanding

10. Reinforcement: Retrieval Practice

Including:

? How can we get students to love retrieval practice?

? How can we scaffold good study strategies for novice students?

? What’s ‘transfer of learning’, and why is it so hard to achieve?