In little more than a decade, cognitive science has gone from a niche interest to the dominant language of teaching in England. Retrieval quizzes, worked examples and talk of “cognitive load” are now everyday features of science lessons. This article asks what the evidence actually supports, why science is a special case, and where good ideas have turned into rituals that no longer serve learning.
Cognitive Science in the Science Classroom
In little more than a decade, cognitive science has gone from a niche interest to the dominant language of teaching in England.…