Background Due to the COVID-19 pandemic schools all over the world were closed and
thereby students had to be instructed from distance. Consequently, the use of online …

When the original Visible Learning® was published in 2008, it instantly became a publishing
sensation. Interest in the book was unparalleled; it sold out in days and was described by …

Islands are global hotspots for biodiversity and extinction, representing~ 5% of Earth's land
area alongside 40% of globally threatened vertebrates and 61% of global extinctions since …

The challenge-point framework as a model for thinking about motor learning was first
proposed in 2004. Although it has been well-cited, surprisingly this framework has not made …

We revisit an agenda that was outlined in a previous paper in this journal focusing on the
importance of skill acquisition research in enhancing practice and instruction in sport. In this …

Surprise signals a discrepancy between past and current beliefs. It is theorized to be linked
to affective experiences, the creation of particularly resilient memories, and segmentation of …

Cognitive fatigue and boredom are two phenomenological states that reflect overt task
disengagement. In this article, we present a rational analysis of the temporal structure of …

Research has shown that difficulty adaptation is a promising instructional technique in digital
game-based learning. Nevertheless, although the strength and direction of difficulty …

Infants possess a remarkable ability to rapidly learn and process visual inputs. As an infant's
mobility increases, so does the variety and dynamics of their visual inputs. Is this change in …

Motor learning occurs over long periods of practice during which motor acuity, the ability to
execute actions more accurately, precisely, and in less time, improves. Laboratory-based …