On the Difficulty of Dislodging Learners’ Illusions About How Best to Learn
APA article spotlight for Yan, V. X., Bjork, E. L., & Bjork, R. A. (2016). On the difficulty of mending metacognitive illusions: A priori theories,… Read More
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If You Think Training Should Make Learning Easy, You Are Doing It Wrong
On July 25th, 2016, I published a piece titled, “If You Think Training Should Make Learning Easy, You Are Doing It Wrong” in Learning… Read More
Dynamics of Learning: Retrieval Strength and Storage Strength
What exactly is learning and how do we get there? It turns out, “learning” isn’t just a straightforward, simple matter of going from “not-learned” to… Read More
Desirable Difficulties to Create Learning
Imagine that you are a student and you have an upcoming exam to prepare for. What do you do? I have now asked this question… Read More
Motivate, but why and how?
With the increased (and now, near-constant) access to the internet via desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones, there has been a recent boom in educational technology. Read More