Cogn Res Princ Implic. 2018 Dec; 3: 2. PMCID: PMC5780548 Published online 2018 Jan 24. doi: 10.1186/s41235-017-0087-y PMID: 29399621 Teaching the science of learning Yana Weinstein, 1 Christopher R. Madan,2,3 and Megan A. Sumeracki4 1Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA USA 2Department of Psychology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA USA 3School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK 4Department of Psychology, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI USA Yana Weinstein, Email:
[email protected]. Contributor Information. Corresponding author. Received 2016 Dec 20; Accepted 2017 Dec 2. Copyright © The Author(s) 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. Abstract The science of learning has made a considerable contribution to our understanding of effective teaching and learning strategies. However, few instructors outside of the field are privy to this research. In this tutorial review, we focus on six specific cognitive strategies that have received robust support from decades of research: spaced practice, interleaving, retrieval practice, elaboration, concrete examples, and dual coding. We describe the basic research behind each strategy and relevant applied research, present examples of existing and suggested implementation, and make recommendations for further research that would broaden the reach of these strategies. Keywords: Education, Learning, Memory, Teaching Significance Education does not currently adhere to the medical model of evidence-based practice (Roediger, 2013).