In order to make informed instructional decisions, teachers need psychological knowledge about relational categories. We conducted two 2 x 2 experiments to examine effective designs for learning relational categories in the context of teacher education. In both experiments, a blocked compared to an interleaved example format was more beneficial…

Knowledge surveys (KS) are a student self-assessment tool consisting of an ability statement for each learning objective in a course. Students respond by rating their confidence in performing a specified skill. Pre-unit KS transparently communicate learning objectives, alert faculty to self-assessed knowledge and skills students possess as they…