Modern classrooms are filled with the language of cognitive science. We talk about student engagement, working memory, attention, mindset, and cognitive load as if we can observe these things ...

you’ve experienced Cognitive Load Theory (CLT). How does CLT play out in the classroom? To understand that, we'll need to think first about memory and how we learn. Learning, remembering, and ...

Two prominent theories—Desirable Difficulties (DDF) and Cognitive Load Theory (CLT)—offer valuable frameworks for understanding how we learn and retain information. A recent pape r has ...