Paul A. Kirschner Books
Kirschner is an educational psychologist and professor known for his research on cognitive load theory and instructional design.
Known for: Evidence-Informed Learning Design: Creating Training to Improve Performance
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Evidence-Informed Learning Design: Creating Training to Improve Performance
Evidence-Informed Learning Design provides a practical framework for designing effective learning experiences based on scientific evidence and research in cognitive psychology and instructional design. The authors guide readers through applying evidence-based principles to workplace learning, focusing on improving performance rather than following trends or intuition.
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From Evidence-Based to Evidence-Informed Practice
One of the early distinctions we emphasize is between 'evidence-based' and 'evidence-informed.' Evidence-based practice, a term borrowed from medicine, implies that decisions can and should always be directly derived from the best available empirical studies. However, in learning design, variables m...
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Understanding How People Learn: Cognition, Attention, and Memory
Before one can design learning effectively, one must grasp how learning actually happens. Human cognition operates under constraints: we can attend to only limited information at once, and our working memory is easily overloaded. Learning occurs when information is meaningfully encoded and connected...
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Kirschner is an educational psychologist and professor known for his research on cognitive load theory and instructional design.
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