Research in cognitive science and psychology is generating new insights into how we learn. Below, educational consultant and writer David Didau explores some key theories about learning – as ...

While cognitive science has helped us understand how people think, it becomes problematic when its ideas are treated as measurable in everyday classroom settings. To assess learning fairly ...

In short, we do what they do. This theory is also known as social cognitive theory. Social learning theory, developed by psychologist Albert Bandura, uses theories of classical and operant ...

The Cognitive and Practical Skills domain involves acquiring and analyzing knowledge and skills and integrating them in a way that allows for effectively managing one’s daily affairs and meeting ...

Multimedia instructional content is more likely to create a meaningful learning experience if the content is developed with the following assumptions from cognitive science in mind: Working memory is ...

A new study published in Translational Psychiatry has found that people with elevated psychopathic traits show distinct ...