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Graesser, Art; Rodriguez, Gina; Brasiel, Sarah J. – George W. Bush Institute, Education Reform Initiative, 2013
There are research-based principles and practices from the learning and cognitive sciences that can be applied to all content areas in middle grades education to improve student outcomes. Even teachers of courses like Physical Education can consider these strategies for assisting students in remembering rules of sports, different sports…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Best Practices, Teaching Methods, Cognitive Science
Rosenshine, Barak – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
This article presents 10 research-based principles of instruction, along with suggestions for classroom practice. The principles come from (a) research in cognitive science, (b) research on master teachers, and (c) research on cognitive supports. The instructional principles are: (1) Begin a lesson with a short review of previous learning to…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Science, Master Teachers
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Graci, Craig – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2010
The goal of this article is to contribute fragments of concrete understanding to the on-going search for meaning in ideas associated with the learning sciences (Sawyer, 2006b) by adding to the repertoire of domain specific studies pertaining to this relatively new field. The learning sciences are first characterized as a system of learning…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Music, Cognitive Science, Psychology