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Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning empowers educators to harness rigorous research on how students learn and unleash it in their classrooms. In this book, cognitive scientist Pooja K. Agarwal, PhD, and veteran K-12 teacher Patrice M. Bain, EdS, decipher cognitive science research and illustrate ways to successfully apply the science of learning in classrooms settings. This practical resource is filled with evidence-based strategies that are easily implemented in less than a minute--without additional prepping, grading, or funding! Research demonstrates that these powerful strategies raise student achievement by a letter grade or more; boost learning for diverse students, grade levels, and subject areas; and enhance students' higher order learning and transfer of knowledge beyond the classroom. Drawing on a fifteen-year scientist-teacher collaboration, more than 100 years of research on learning, and rich experiences from educators in K-12 and higher education, the authors present highly accessible step-by-step guidance on how to transform teaching with four essential strategies: Retrieval practice, spacing, interleaving, and feedback-driven metacognition.

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Coleen Marlo is an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator who has been nominated for an Audie Award twice, winning in 2011. She has been awarded three Listen-Up Awards from Publishers Weekly, an AudioFile Audiobook of the Year Award in 2011, and was named Audiobook Narrator of the Year for 2010 by Publishers Weekly. She is a member of the prestigious Actors Studio and taught acting for ten years at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. Marlo is a proud founding member of Deyan Institute of Voice Artistry and Technology. Pooja K. Agarwal, PhD, is an expert in the field of cognitive science, and an assistant professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, teaching psychological science to exceptional undergraduate musicians. To advance the use of scientifically-based classroom strategies, Pooja founded RetrievalPractice.org, a hub of research, resources, and tips for educators. Pooja's research is supported by the National Science Foundation and the US Department of Education. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Education Week, and Scientific American, as well as in books, academic journals, and podcasts. Patrice M. Bain, EdS, is a middle school teacher with over twenty-five years of expertise. Her classroom was the first in the US to conduct research with cognitive scientists, examining how students learn. In addition, Patrice was the only K-12 teacher invited to coauthor a guide about the science of learning, commissioned by the Institute of Education Sciences, US Department of Education. Patrice's classroom strategies have been featured in NOVA and Scientific American, as well as in popular press, public radio, and blogs.

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