"Memory plays a crucial role in teaching and learning," 

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(Harvard University)

Memory

Research

"Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a

framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into

how humans learn." ~ CAST

• Human Memory: How We Make, Remember, and Forget Memories (Greshko, 2019)

• ​Educational App-Development Needs to be Informed by the Cognitive Neurosciences of Learning & Memory (Reber & Rothen, 2018)

• Making Memories (Habler, 2018)

• The Influences of Emotion on Learning and Memory (Tyng, Amin, Saad, & Malik, 2017)

• Working Memory Underpins Cognitive Development, Learning, and Education (Cowan, 2014)

• How Memory Works (Harvard University)

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Memory: Spaced Practice

• How to Use Spaced Practice to Boost Learning (Carpenter & Agarwal, 2020)

• Spaced Repetition Promotes Efficient and Effective Learning: Policy Implications for Instruction (Kang, 2016)

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Memory: Retrieval

• How to Use Retrieval Practice to Improve Learning (Agarwal, Roediger, McDaniel & McDermott, 2020)

• Retrieval Practice and Transfer of Learning: Fostering Students’ Application of Knowledge (Pan & Agarwal, 2020)

Resources

• How are Memories Formed, Queensland Brain Institute

• Learning and Memory, UC Davis Center for Neuroscience

• Memory, Attention, and Distraction, Genetic Science Learning Center

• RetrievalPractice.org

• Types of Memory, University of Utah

• Learning & Memory, Memory Key Questions, Queensland Brain Institute

Video

• Brain and Memory Extended, BrainFacts.org (50:17)

"Attention and memory cannot operate without each other,"

(Cun & Turke-Brown, 2007)

Attention

Research

• Working Memory and Attention – A Conceptual Analysis and Review (Oberaur, 2019)

• ​Science of Taming the Wandering Mind (Jha, 2017)

• How the Brain Pays Attention (Trafton, 2014)

"Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a

framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into

how humans learn." ~ CAST

Resources

• Attention Matters, Dr. Michelle Miller, Northern Arizona University

• Blog, Dr. Michelle Miller

• DNA Learning Center: Related to Memory

• Paying Attention, University of Southern Maine

Videos

• Attention & Memory: Dr. Eric Kandel (0:29)

• Reducing and Redirecting Mind-Wandering In The Classroom (Dr. Karl Szpunar, University of Illinois at Chicago (6:04)

"Memories occur when specific groups of neurons are reactivated. Synaptic plasticity driven by repeated experience can change the connection strengths between neurons,"

(Queensland Brain Institute)