How do learners make sense of what they are learning? In this article, I present a new
framework of sense-making based on research investigating the benefits and boundaries of …

Foundations of Embodied Learning advances learning, instruction, and the design of
educational technologies by rethinking the learner as an integrated system of mind, body …

This Review of Chemistry Education Research (CER) provides an overview of the
development of research in chemistry education from the early days, when ideas about how …

Solving problems in organic chemistry often requires the consideration of reaction
mechanisms. As such, much research has been devoted to the examination of how students …

Building on both cognitive semantics and enactivist approaches to cognition, we explore the
concept of enactive metaphor and its implications for learning. Enactive approaches to …

Recent literature on learning with instructional manipulatives seems to call for a moderate
view on the effects of perceptual and interactive richness of instructional manipulatives on …

Abstract Tangible User Interfaces offer new ways of interaction with virtual objects, yet little
research has been conducted on their learner-friendly design in the context of spatial …

Background Prior longitudinal and correlational research with adults and adolescents
indicates that spatial ability is a predictor of science learning and achievement. However …

Research is needed to understand how to best design video lectures that foster learning. We
tested whether instructor presence is better afforded through methods that increase students' …

Spatial skills are an important component of success in science, technology, engineering,
and math (STEM) fields. A majority of what we know about spatial skills today is a result of …