Sep 28, 2023
In this final episode of our series with The Learning Scientists, Dr. Megan Sumeracki dives into more detail about the three teaching and learning strategies of elaboration, concrete examples, and dual coding.
The Learning Scientists, a group of cognitive psychologists, have developed six main strategies to support your...
Sep 21, 2023
In the last three episodes, we’ve explored some different aspects of the cognitive psychology behind how we learn. Today, we’re taking that context and applying it to six strategies to support your teaching and your students’ learning.
In this episode, Dr. Althea Need Kaminske and Dr. Megan Sumeracki, two of The...
Sep 14, 2023
We continue our series with The Learning Scientists on this episode of 3Ps in a Pod. Today, hosts Josh and Paula talk with Dr. Althea Need Kaminske and Dr. Megan Sumeracki about working memory and perception.
Dr. Sumeracki and Dr. Kaminske give multiple examples demonstrating how background knowledge shapes your...
Sep 7, 2023
We’re back with part two of our series with The Learning Scientists! Today, cognitive psychologists Dr. Megan Sumeracki and Dr. Cindy Nebel pick up where we left off in the first part of this series.
They jump into a demonstration with hosts Josh and Paula that illustrates some aspects of how our brains work. That...