Learning Scientist; Cog Psych Prof; Author
Joined January 2017
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⭐️⭐️ Early contender for most useful study of the year⭐️⭐️
15 ways to use PowerPoint more effectively for learning. Very practical tips.
Will blog about it soon, but in the meantime check out table 6 in the study. It’s not behind a paywall either 🔐🤩
link.springer.com/article/10…
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Highly impactful advice from @DTWillingham on how to be an effective student. A podcast to share with your students: ollielovell.com/errr/danielw…
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New Today
Article Review: Pretesting Enhances Learning in the Classroom

An article review of a study looking at the impact of pretesting on student attention, self-regulated study, and learning.
theeffortfuleducator.com/202…
@NickSoderstrom – at Alabama, USA
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HUGELY excited that we can finally reveal this gamechanging resource for KS3 science.
Every week, a different head of science or senior leader calls me asking for help with KS3 resourced.
Springboard Science is the answer.
Read on for why it's just so revolutionary:
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New publication in Memory & Cognition: Can learners become aware, or be helped to become aware, of the learning benefits of pretesting / prequestions?
doi.org/10.3758/s13421-022-0…
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Thrilled to unveil John Dunlosky and my take on a digestible cog science. Not just WHAT to do but HOW and Why. Pragmatic, student-centered. May your students enjoy it, benefit, and become more effective learners. @TeachPsych @STP_ECP @APA_Books @APAEducation @PODNetworkHQ
ALT Book cover of The psychology based guide to Grade A study habits: Study Like a Champ. Image of a cartoon brain lifting weights. Authors Regan A. R. Gurung and John Dunlosky. 25% DISCOUNT code with APA25 only on APA.org plus free shipping domestic. ready for pre-order
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Very pleased to be part of this massive pre-registered project on successive relearning/spacing, which includes a very long practice/retention interval (one condition takes nearly a year to complete!). If you endorse, please vote our proposal! @EdScientists , @NickSoderstrom
We've entered the Prolific grant competition! We aim to find successive relearning/spaced retrieval practice schedules that optimise student learning & wellbeing 🧑🏽🎓. Vote for our proposal here bit.ly/3wvEpm8
(w/ @KouMurayama, Phil Higham, Julie Hadwin, Rosalind Potts)
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Please RT if it is Ok! I am recruiting a postdoc on data science (3 years + possible 2 year extension), who want to work on a number of publicly available education datasets using machine learning techniques (broadly defined). Come to Tübingen!
uni-tuebingen.de/universitae…
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You can pre order my new book about Retrieval Practice now on Amazon, out in Jan 2021! 😁🤩👏🏻
@JohnCattEd @JohncattUSA
amazon.co.uk/Retrieval-Pract…
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In response to the ques posed by @NickSoderstrom & @P_A_Kirschner in the images below, I was given zero understanding of the science of learning (retrieval, spacing, interleaving, cognitive load, dual coding, metacognition) during my teacher training and first 15yrs in education.
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Asking the Teachers
You've read Ask A Researcher. Now it's time for the researchers to ask the teachers. theeffortfuleducator.com/202…
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Our new preprint! psyarxiv.com/n2ctk/. We showed people *underestimate* their intrinsic motivation when they are "just thinking" --- people expected that just thinking would be boring but in fact they were more engaged in the mere thinking activity than they predicted. 1/4
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Designing "Desirable Difficulties" in learning! Ss can succeed on in-class tasks but learn little; conversely, Ss can do poorly on same tasks yet learn a lot.
medium.com/age-of-awareness/… by @NickSoderstrom via @effortfuleduktr not just for @tasdevilcol @AndyPena @bartderre @Trep_Ed
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Before you think about curriculum, it’s worth getting to grips with some of the basics outlined by cognitive science. This model reveals how we process, store and retrieve information (and underpins things like retrieval practice and organising schemata).
youtu.be/8i-nkurgt_4
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Hey #AcademicTwitter! Check out this awesome new paper by Shana Carpenter, @UmaTauber, and I. We review the literature on illusions of learning and student evaluations of teaching.
On Students’ (Mis)judgments of Learning and Teaching Effectiveness sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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We examined 6 key claims of mindset theory. The strongest association (r=−.12) was in the opposite direction from the theory's claim. We suggest the foundations of mindset theory are not firm and that bold claims about mindset appear to be overstated. 1/8 journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…
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Here is the reading list Clare and I put together for our curriculum conference. A range of things there but in terms of cog sci I would particularly recommend @DTWillingham and the papers by @P_A_Kirschner et al, and the @NickSoderstrom & Bjork one
dropbox.com/s/r58v0miwremrhr…
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My one page summary of Bjork&Bjork's chapter: Making Things Hard for Yourself, But in a Good Way.
bjorklab.psych.ucla.edu/wp-c…
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Here's my post from last year on this very topic, with many thanks to @NickSoderstrom
miketylersport.com/2018/01/p…
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New Blog! Learning vs. Performance | @NickSoderstrom discusses how teachers or coaches can enhance performance by stretching individuals and discusses the key differences between the two buff.ly/2n5fF6n @CoachingFamily
