Cognitively Based Learning Interventions

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In Their Own Words: What Scholars and Teachers Want to Know About Why and How to Apply the Science of Learning in Your Academic Setting (C. E. Overson, C. M. Hakala, L. L. Kordonowy, V. A. Benassi, Eds.)
This edited book offers a comprehensive, although not exhaustive, examination of contemporary scholarship on the science of learning and its…
Type: Chapter
 Teaching and Learning Strategies Cognitively Based Learning Interventions
Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology (Miller, M.)
How cognitive science can help us shape and refine the ways in which we use technology to promote learning. Major topics addressed are: the…
Type: Book
 Teaching and Learning Strategies, Teaching Modality Cognitively Based Learning Interventions, Hybrid (“Flipped Classroom”), HyFlex (Concurrent), Online Courses
Students as Learners, not Spectators: Using Presentation Software Better (University of Notre Dame)
Suggestions for how instructors can use presentation tools to promote active learning.
Type: Website
 Teaching and Learning Strategies, Technologies for Teaching and Learning Active Learning, Cognitively Based Learning Interventions, Presentation Tools
Encouraging Metacognition in the Classroom (Yale University Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning)
Describes examples of how instructors can support student metacognition. Includes examples and recommendations.
Type: Website
 Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning, Cognitively Based Learning Interventions
Differential effects of full and partial notes on learning outcomes and attendance. (Cornelius, T.L., and Owen-DeSchryver, J.)
This study examined partial versus full notes in introductory psychology classes while controlling for initial levels of student knowledge and…
Type: Article
 Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning, Cognitively Based Learning Interventions, Study Skills
Should Instructors Provide Students with Complete Notes? (Faculty Focus)
This article makes the case for providing students with partial, rather than complete, notes as a way of stimulating encoding and higher-level…
Type: Article
 Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning, Cognitively Based Learning Interventions, Study Skills
Incomplete Outline (Parnis, A.)
Suggestions for using the incomplete outline, a way of helping students recognize the most important or main ideas and the organizational pattern of…
Type: Website
 Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning, Cognitively Based Learning Interventions, Study Skills
Mayer's Principles of Multimedia Design (University of Pittsburgh Center for Teaching and Learning)
This video discusses Mayer’s Principles of Multimedia Design, which are guidelines for creating educational multimedia with characteristics shown in…
Type: Video
 Teaching and Learning Strategies Cognitively Based Learning Interventions
Online Teaching at Its Best: Merging Instructional Design with Teaching and Learning (Nilson, L.B.,and Goodson, L.A.)
Provides practical, real-world advice grounded in educational science to help online instructors, instructional designers, and administrators deliver…
Type: Book
 Teaching and Learning Strategies, Teaching Modality Cognitively Based Learning Interventions, Online Courses
Death by PowerPoint (Duke University Center for Instructional Technology)
Three principles for designing and presenting presentations.
Type: Article
 Teaching and Learning Strategies Cognitively Based Learning Interventions, Presentation Tools