Educational Psychology

Cognitive load management is the practice of arranging study and teaching so that the limited capacity of working memory is

Dual coding theory, developed by psychologist Allan Paivio, proposes that the mind handles information through two connected systems: one for

Elaboration strategies are study techniques that ask learners to add meaning to new information by explaining it, connecting it to

Interleaving practice means mixing different kinds of problems or skills within a single study session instead of practicing one type

Testing effect learning describes a well-replicated finding in cognitive psychology: the act of retrieving information from memory makes that information

Spacing effect learning refers to the well-established finding that information is remembered longer when study sessions are spread out over

Encoding and retrieval processes are the two ends of every act of memory: encoding is how information gets stored, and

Long term memory formation is the process by which brief experiences and new information become durable knowledge that can be

Working memory constraints are the limits on how much information the mind can hold and manipulate at one time. Working

Learning transfer mechanisms are the mental processes that let knowledge gained in one situation be used in another. When a