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Friday Finds

Mike Taylor

Cognitive Architecture and Instructional Design: 20 Years Later. Cognitive load theory aims to explain how the information processing load induced by learning tasks can affect students’ ability to process new information and to construct knowledge in long-term memory. Effective Note Taking. On the CIPD podcast.

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Friday Finds — 

Mike Taylor

In an effort to make your tests better measures of meaningful learning, consider the two criteria of effective tests: v alidity and reliability. A study published in Scientific Reports suggests that coffee has beneficial effects on cognitive function, and it may do this by reorganizing brain functional connectivity.

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Friday Find Finds — Tools for Learning, Understanding Forgetting, Memorable Feedback

Mike Taylor

Memorable Feedback: Lessons from Cognitive Psychology in Selective Attention. Effective Strategies for Managing Information Overload. Tune into this conversation with digital wellness expert Julia Soffa on effective strategies you can adopt to overcome information overload. DevLearn – October 24-28. Help me improve.

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Friday Find Finds — Retrieval Practice, Emotion & Learning, Microlearning Research

Mike Taylor

Retrieval practice before generative learning is more effective than the reverse order. In a recent article in Learning and Instruction , Julian Roelle, Linda Froese, Rebecca Krebs, Niklas Obergassel, and Julia Waldeyer published an article discussing the effects of sequencing retrieval practice and generative learning.

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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | July 23 2021

Mike Taylor

Tom Sherrington takes a look at this question and a recent report from the Education Endowment Foundation on “ Cognitive Science Approaches in the Classroom ”. What does it mean to be ‘evidence-informed’ in teaching? Sign up for their newsletter while you’re there. Tools & Tips. Where You Can Find Me. You can send them here to sign up.

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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | October 12, 2018

Mike Taylor

Gloom has no positive effects on ameliorating doom. Cognitive Coaching: Six mindset shifts trainers should make. It’s just that they hold mistaken beliefs about cognitive skills and too many rely on instructional techniques that can actually get in the way of successful performance and the development of expertise. Doom happens.

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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | May 24, 2019

Mike Taylor

The general rationale for not using background music is that it increases harmful cognitive load. relevant prior knowledge) to hang the more complex information on, then they’ll start swimming using trial and error and then drown very quickly as they don’t know how to do it effectively.”. October 22-25: DevLearn.