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Educational and design-focused books exploring how the brain's limited working memory shapes learning, instruction, and information architecture. These works translate cognitive science into practical strategies for reducing mental overload.

Uncommon Sense Teaching

by Barbara Oakley • 2021

Working memory holds four items. Most lessons overload it. The classroom fixes, from brain science.

4.16

1k+

🍎 Teaching Strategies 🧠 Learning Science 📝 Retrieval Practice 🙋 Active Learning 🧩 Working Memory

Uncommon Sense Teaching

Working memory holds four items. Most lessons overload it. The classroom fixes, from brain science.

by Barbara Oakley 2021

4.16

1k+ ratings

🍎 Teaching Strategies 🧠 Learning Science 📝 Retrieval Practice 🙋 Active Learning 🧩 Working Memory

Rosenshine's Principles in Action

by Tom Sherrington • 2019

The 80% rule and nine other practices that turn cognitive science into tomorrow's lesson plan.

4.27

1k+

📊 Evidence-Based Teaching 🧠 Science Of Learning 📖 Explicit Instruction ✅ Formative Assessment ❓ Questioning Techniques

Rosenshine's Principles in Action

The 80% rule and nine other practices that turn cognitive science into tomorrow's lesson plan.

by Tom Sherrington 2019

4.27

1k+ ratings

📊 Evidence-Based Teaching 🧠 Science Of Learning 📖 Explicit Instruction ✅ Formative Assessment ❓ Questioning Techniques

Making Kids Cleverer

by David Didau • 2019

We told schools to teach skills, not facts. Now the evidence says that was a mistake.

4.17

130

🧱 Knowledge Rich Curriculum 📚 Explicit Instruction 🗂️ Retrieval Practice 🏛️ Cultural Literacy ⚖️ Achievement Gap

Making Kids Cleverer

We told schools to teach skills, not facts. Now the evidence says that was a mistake.

by David Didau 2019

4.17

130 ratings

🧱 Knowledge Rich Curriculum 📚 Explicit Instruction 🗂️ Retrieval Practice 🏛️ Cultural Literacy ⚖️ Achievement Gap

Multimedia Learning

by Richard E. Mayer • 2001

Why adding pictures to a lesson can double understanding or destroy it.

4.07

166

🧱 Instructional Design 📊 Evidence-Based Teaching 🔬 Learning Science 👁️ Visual Communication 🖥️ Multimedia Learning

Multimedia Learning

Why adding pictures to a lesson can double understanding or destroy it.

by Richard E. Mayer 2001

4.07

166 ratings

🧱 Instructional Design 📊 Evidence-Based Teaching 🔬 Learning Science 👁️ Visual Communication 🖥️ Multimedia Learning

Learning Science for Instructional Designers

by Clark N. Quinn • 2021

Working memory holds three chunks, not seven. Design instruction around the brain's real limits.

4.09

📐 Instructional Design 🧠 Learning Science 📊 Evidence-Based Instruction 🔄 Knowledge Transfer ✨ Learner Engagement

Learning Science for Instructional Designers

Working memory holds three chunks, not seven. Design instruction around the brain's real limits.

by Clark N. Quinn 2021

4.09

56 ratings

📐 Instructional Design 🧠 Learning Science 📊 Evidence-Based Instruction 🔄 Knowledge Transfer ✨ Learner Engagement

Learning That CLICS

by Mary Slaughter • 2022

Most training ignores how the brain learns. CLICS fixes it with five principles.

4.50

📐 Instructional Design 🏢 Workplace Learning 🧠 Behavioral Science 🌱 Self-Determination Theory 🧩 Memory And Learning

Learning That CLICS

Most training ignores how the brain learns. CLICS fixes it with five principles.

by Mary Slaughter 2022

4.50

4 ratings

📐 Instructional Design 🏢 Workplace Learning 🧠 Behavioral Science 🌱 Self-Determination Theory 🧩 Memory And Learning

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