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Research Bite #32: Cognitive Load Theory: Emerging Trends and Innovations

Research Bite #31: Learning from Errors

Research Bite #30: Students’, Teachers’, and Parents’ Knowledge About and Perceptions of Learning Strategies

Research Bite #29: "Are you on slide 8 yet?" The impact of standardised curricula on teacher professionalism

Research Bite #28: Teaching to the test: Unraveling the consequences for student motivation

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Research Bite #27: Education and Intelligence: Pity the Poor Teacher because Student Characteristics are more Significant than Teachers or Schools

Research Bite #26: Interleaving Retrieval Practice Promotes Science Learning

Research Bite #25: Understanding working memory as a facilitator of math problem-solving: Offloading as a potential strategy

Research Bite #24: A marked improvement? A review of the evidence on written marking

Research Bite #23: Learning Versus Performance: An Integrative Review

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Research Bite #22: Cognitive endurance as human capital

Research Bite #21: Teaching with Worked Examples

Free CPD workshop: 25 Tips for Teachers

Research Bite #20: Three Options Are Optimal for Multiple-Choice Items

Research Bite #19: The “curse of knowledge” when predicting others’ knowledge

Research Bite #18: The role of rewards in motivation—Beyond dichotomies

Research Bite #17: Learning Styles: Concepts and Evidence

Research Bite #16: Initial Practice Performance Moderates the Distributed Practice Effect in Complex Procedural Knowledge

Research Bite #15: Exploring the Foundations of Explicit Instruction

Craig Barton and Ollie Lovell Aussie Tour!

Research Bite #14: The influence of seductive details in learning environments with low and high extrinsic motivation

Research Bite #13: Long-term hypercorrection, return errors, and the transfer of learning in the classroom

Research Bite #12: Optimizing Multiple-Choice Questions for Retrieval Practice

Research Bite #11: Inside the Black Box

Research Bite #10: Engaging “silent” students in classroom discussions

Research Bite #9: The Moderating Role of Interest in the Relationship between Perceived Task Difficulty and Invested Mental Effort