Translating Cognitive Research into a Useful Framework for Teaching and Learning, a Cognitive Science Speaker Series Presentation
Speaker: Stephen L. Chew, Ph.D.
Title: Translating Cognitive Research into a Useful Framework for Teaching and Learning
Short Bio: Stephen L. Chew is a professor of psychology at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. Trained as a cognitive psychologist, he studies the cognitive basis of effective teaching and learning. Chew works to translate learning research into an accessible form for teachers and students. He developed a research-based framework of cognitive challenges that teachers must address to engender student learning. He is the creator of a groundbreaking series of YouTube videos for students on how to study effectively (http://www.samford.edu/how-to-study/) that have been viewed millions times. Chew is the recipient of multiple national awards for his teaching and research, including being named the 2011 U.S. Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. In 2022, he received the Award for Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology from the American Psychological Association (APA). He serves as the chair of the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology.
Abstract: Psychologists have studied human learning and memory for well over a century, yet attempts to translate cognitive research into effective teaching practice have been only partially successful at best. A major reason is that teaching and research have fundamentally different goals. Researchers focus on one or two general factors that affect learning in highly controlled conditions, while teachers deal with a complex interaction of multiple factors to try to bring about learning for each individual student. What is needed is a research-based framework that captures the dynamic context of teaching. In this presentation, I will describe a contextual framework that translates research into a set of nine cognitive challenges that teachers and students must address for students to learn.
ASL-English interpreters have been requested. Light refreshments will be provided.
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