Cognitive Science

Acquisition of a cognitive skill

Anderson, J. R. (1982)

Psychological Review (89/4): 369-406. Foundational work on skill acquisition

The Effects of Spaced Practice on Second Language Learning: A Meta-Analysis

Kim and Webb (2022)

NEW 19.2.25

On the symbiosis of learning, remembering, and forgetting

Bjork, R. A. (2011)

In A. S. Benjamin (Ed.), Successful remembering and successful forgetting: a Festschrift in honor of Robert A. Bjork (pp. 1-22). London, UK: Psychology Press

The Production Effect

MacLeod and Bodner (2017)

How saying words aloud improves retention. NEW 26.2.25

Spacing effect/distributed practice

Carpenter, S. (2020)

The Magical Mystery Four: How is Working Memory Capacity Limited, and Why?

Cowan, N. (2010)

PMC US National Library of Medicine

Levels of Processing: A Framework for Memory Research

Craik, F. I. M., & Lockhart, R. S. (1972)

Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal behavior, 11, 671-684

The critical importance of retrieval for learning

Karpicke and Roediger (2008)

Transfer-Appropriate Processing as a model for classroom second language acquisition

Lightbown, P (2008)

Book chapter examining instructional applications

Nine ways to reduce cognitive load in multimedia learning

Mayer, R.C. & Moreno, R. (2003)

Educational Psychologist 38(1), 43-52

Working memory

McLeod, S. A. (2012)

Simply Psychology

Levels of Processing

McLeod, S. A. (2007)

Simply Psychology

Replication and Analysis of Ebbinghaus' Forgetting Curve

Murre, J. & Dross, J. (2015)

PLOS One

Phonology, Working Memory and Foreign-language Learning

Service, E. (1992)

The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology A, 45(1), 21-50

Cognitive Load Theory evolution

Sweller, J. et al.

Language aptitude: Desirable trait or acquirable attribute

Singleton (2017)

Addresses role of working memory in language learning aptitude

Cognitive Science Approaches in the Classroom

Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)

Evidence review with downloadable PDFs. Added 25.2.25