Instruction-based learning and automaticity represent key cognitive mechanisms through which explicit instructions are transformed into fluid, near-effortless behaviour. This process commences with ...

Cross-posted from Inside School Research. Elementary students spend nearly a third of their time off task, with distractions more likely to happen when children are working on their own or receiving ...

Chua, Roy Y.J., and S. Iyengar. "Creativity As a Matter of Choice: Prior Experience and Task Instruction As Boundary Conditions for the Positive Effect of Choice on Creativity." Journal of Creative ...

Identify needs, which may include the learning context and audience. How do you get there? Start with writing goals and learning objectives, then focus on assessments, learning activities, and ...

Imagine a teenager who is asked by his parent to mow the lawn. Seems pretty straight forward, right? The parent and the teenager each have an idea of what it means to “mow the lawn,” but those ideas ...