Modern classrooms are filled with the language of cognitive science. We talk about student engagement, working memory, attention, mindset, and cognitive load as if we can observe these things directly ...

This article presents an initial model of instructional design which directly links cognitive learning theory and instructional prescriptions. The major constructs of the model include components of ...

Deep learning is understood as a form of machine learning which imitates how humans acquire knowledge. It first gained a lot of attention as it has enabled machines to approach and tackle cognitive ...

Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) explains how learning is influenced by the limited capacity of working memory. By understanding and managing different types of cognitive load, faculty can design more ...

Designers of artificial cognitive systems have tended to adopt one of two approaches to building robots that can think for themselves: classical rule-based artificial intelligence or artificial neural ...

The idea that we have brains hardwired with a mental template for learning grammar—famously espoused by Noam Chomsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—has dominated linguistics for almost ...

The most memorable learning experiences often take place outside the classroom, not in the lecture hall. Lectures, as we know, are not a good way to learn. The Minerva Schools at KGI are in the ...

How does learning work? Encode, store, retrieve: Take it in, find a place for it, pull it out when you need it. If you can’t retrieve information, you haven’t really learned it. So since we all learn ...