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 directly ...

Many education researchers spend a lot of time studying how students learn, but if their findings don’t make their way into the classroom, they are only so useful. For example, researchers have known ...

View the full episode transcript. Teachers are tasked with making countless decisions every day, and some of those decisions happen quickly because they are rooted in bias. While bias is everywhere, ...

Lately, it feels like educators are stuck between a rock and a hard place. On one side, there’s the nagging worry that students will use AI to shortcut their way through an assignment; on the other, ...

Simply put, Cognitive Science is the study of mental processes and brain structures in acquiring, storing and using information. The field has multiple dimensions with cognitive psychology, philosophy ...

We investigated what a cognitive framework for measuring classroom teaching could reveal about (a) the impact of a professional development (PD) program on teaching practices and (b) the relationship ...

A recent Wall Street Journal opinion essay captured this nation’s rotten national mood. Its title reads, “Seeing Red and Feeling Blue.” This July 4, this country’s 247th anniversary, the nation’s mood ...

Cognitive training can help improve student engagement and performance, while building a foundation for robust brain health in the future.