Understanding How We Learn

Yana Weinstein is Assistant Professor of Psychology at University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA. Yana is co-founder of The Learning Scientists, http://www.learningscientists.org/, a project whose goal is to make scientific research on learning more accessible to students, teachers, and other educators. Yana tweets as @doctorwhy. Megan Sumeracki (formerly Smith) is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Rhode Island College, USA. Megan is co-founder of The Learning Scientists, where she aims to increase the use of effective study and teaching strategies that are backed by research. Megan tweets as @DrSumeracki. Oliver Caviglioli was a principal of a special school for a decade, before co-creating the HOW2s– visual guides to evidence-based teaching techniques. More recently, Oliver has used a variety of visual formats in different contexts: hand-drawn sketchnotes, digital diagrams, infographics, live hand-drawn conference notes and posters. Oliver is busy on Twitter as @olicav.

Acknowledgments Author Profile Illustrator Profile Part 1 Evidence-Based Education and the Science of Learning Chapter 1: Communication Breakdown Between Science and Practice in Education Chapter 2: Different Types of Evidence in Education Chapter 3: Is Intuition the Enemy of Teaching and Learning? Chapter 4: Pervasive Misunderstandings About Learning: How They Arise, and What We Can Do Part 2 Basics of Human Cognitive Processes Chapter 5: Perception Chapter 6: Attention Chapter 7: Memory Part 3 Strategies for Effective Learning Introduction Chapter 8: Planning Learning: Spaced Practice and Interleaving Chapter 9: Development of Understanding Chapter 10: Reinforcement of Learning: Retrieval Practice Part 4 Tips for Teachers, Students, and Parents Chapter 11: Tips for Teachers Chapter 12: Tips for Students Chapter 13: Tips for Parents Glossary