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Teaching? What do you see in your mind’s eye when you think about working memory? How does it shape the way you plan instruction? Does it matter?
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Efrat Furst
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Bridging cognitive science and education: teaching and supporting educators with research-informed, classroom-oriented content.
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When Prior Knowledge Helps, and When It Doesn’t
Which factors make prior knowledge helpful or unhelpful? And which should we consider first?
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Which factors make prior knowledge helpful or unhelpful? And which should we consider first?
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This space has long been where I’ve shared my thoughts about cognitive science in education. Starting something new, I decided to begin with the most basic question: why does it matter for teachers? and share my three-part answer: open.substack.com/pub/efratfurst…
What can we really learn from the case of Calculators in mathematics to the case of GenAI in education?
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Everybody talks about innovating assessment in #higherEd in the era of GenAI?
It's been (good) messy so far - but how should we proceed?
Once again, cognitive science principles can support our thinking:
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It's been (good) messy so far - but how should we proceed?
Once again, cognitive science principles can support our thinking:
sites.google.com/view/efratfurs…
