Science of Learning and Metacognition Lab

• Veronica Yan Educational Psychology Faculty Profile
• Veronica Yan Psychology Faculty Profile
• Department of Educational Psychology 
• Human Development, Culture, and Learning Sciences Program

Authored Online Articles:

• Big Ideas Learning (Dec, 2021): Understanding Data from Formative Assessments: When Performance Does and Does Not Indicate Learning
• Big Ideas Learning (Dec, 2021): Re-thinking Failure in the Math Classroom
• Learning Solutions Magazine (July, 2016): If You Think Training Should Make Learning Easy, You Are Doing It Wrong
• APA Journals Article Spotlight (July, 2016): On Dislodging Learners’ Illusions about How Best to Learn
• LearningScientists.Org (May, 2016): Retrieval Strength Versus Storage Strength 

Media Coverage:

• Hechinger Report (Dec, 2022): PROOF POINTS: Does growth mindset matter? The debate heats up
• Exam Study Expert (May, 2021): Interleaving and Desirable Difficulty podcast
• The Daily Texan (March, 2018): Studying: the best way to learn is actually to forget
• The Daily Texan (Feb, 2018): Research suggests overcoming failure in order to learn better
• BPS Research Digest (Nov, 2014): How Guessing the Wrong Answer Helps You Learn the Right Answer 
• MindShift (Oct, 2014): How relearning old concepts helps you learn new ones
• American RadioWorks Episode (Aug, 2014): The Science of Smart – Variation is the Key to Learning – [podcast] and [article]
• APS Observations (July, 2014): Learning for Survival? Venom Overrides other Categories
• UCLA 2014 College Report (July, 2014): Dissertation Launchpad: Connecting with Mainstream Audiences
• The Daily Bruin (March, 2014): Dissertation Showcase merges social sciences, stories

Affiliated Labs:

• UT Austin Learning & Motivational Beliefs (LAMB) lab 
• Athabasca University Cognitive Science of Learning lab
• USC Dornsife Mind & Society Center
• UCLA Bjork Human Learning and Forgetting Lab