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The science of learning is an extensive field that draws from research in disciplines including education, psychology, and neuroscience. The findings from cognitive science have influenced [...]

At Evidence Based Education we are naturally very enthusiastic about promoting evidence-based strategies to enhance teaching and learning in the classroom. The very core of our mission is “to [...]

The encoding specificity principle (Tulving & Thomson, 1973) states that for a retrieval cue to be useful, it should be present at the encoding stage. The encoding stage is the initial stage [...]

  Great questioning in the classroom (and beyond) promotes deep thinking, helping students connect and elaborate on ideas. Great questioning to assess thinking helps teachers plan and adapt [...]

The phrase ‘the curse of knowledge’ was coined in 1989 by economists Camerer, Lowenstein and Weber and it refers to a cognitive bias where individuals assume other people know what they know. [...]