How do we go about learning new information? This article reviews the importance of
practicing retrieval of newly experienced information if one wants to be able to retrieve it …

Memory retrieval is an active process that can alter the content and accessibility of stored
memories. Of potential relevance for educational practice are findings that memory retrieval …

Learning is often identified with the acquisition and encoding of new information. Reading a
textbook, listening to a lecture, participating in a hands-on classroom activity, and studying a …

The fully updated eighth edition of Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook provides
comprehensive yet accessible coverage of all the key areas in the field ranging from visual …

There are extensive concerns pertaining to the idea that students do not develop sufficient
mathematical competence. This problem is at least partially related to the teaching of …

Episodic memories undergo qualitative changes with time, but little is known about how
different aspects of memory are affected. Different types of information in a memory, such as …

Abstract Language learning as an adult, though often difficult, is quite common.
Nevertheless, the neural substrates of this process remain unclear, even though identifying …

Imitative teaching and learning approaches have been dominating in mathematics
education. Although more creative approaches (eg problem-based learning) have been …

Learning new vocabulary from context typically requires multiple encounters during which
word meaning can be retrieved from memory or inferred from context. We compared the …

Activation of parietal cortex structures like the precuneus is commonly observed during
explicit memory retrieval, but the role of parietal cortices in encoding has only recently been …