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Fiorella, Logan – Educational Psychology Review, 2023
How do learners make sense of what they are learning? In this article, I present a new framework of sense-making based on research investigating the benefits and boundaries of generative learning activities (GLAs). The generative sense-making framework distinguishes among three primary sense-making modes--explaining, visualizing, and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Learning Activities
Castro-Alonso, Juan C.; de Koning, Bjorn B.; Fiorella, Logan; Paas, Fred – Educational Psychology Review, 2021
Researchers of cognitive load theory and the cognitive theory of multimedia learning have identified several strategies to optimize instructional materials. In this review article we focus on five of these strategies or solutions to problematic instructional designs in multimedia learning: (a) the multimedia principle (use visualizations and…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Multimedia Instruction
Fiorella, Logan – Educational Psychology Review, 2020
Habits are critical for supporting (or hindering) long-term goal attainment, including outcomes related to student learning and well-being. Building good habits can make beneficial behaviors (studying, exercise, sleep, etc.) the default choice, bypassing the need for conscious deliberation or willpower and protecting against temptations. Yet…
Descriptors: Habit Formation, Well Being, Goal Orientation, Student Behavior
Fiorella, Logan; Zhang, Qian – Educational Psychology Review, 2018
Learning by drawing can be an effective strategy for supporting science text comprehension. However, drawing can also be cognitively demanding and time consuming, and students may not create quality drawings without sufficient guidance. Furthermore, evidence for drawing is often based on comparisons to weak control conditions, such as students who…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Freehand Drawing, Science Education, Reading Comprehension
Fiorella, Logan; Mayer, Richard E. – Educational Psychology Review, 2016
Generative learning involves actively making sense of to-be-learned information by mentally reorganizing and integrating it with one's prior knowledge, thereby enabling learners to apply what they have learned to new situations. In this article, we present eight learning strategies intended to promote generative learning: summarizing, mapping,…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Learning Strategies, Learning Theories, Active Learning
Vogel-Walcutt, Jennifer J.; Fiorella, Logan; Carper, Teresa; Schatz, Sae – Educational Psychology Review, 2012
Mitigating the situational factors that give rise to state boredom is a consistent challenge facing educators. Despite the growing amount of literature devoted to the construct, the field has yet to arrive at a consensus regarding a clear theoretical or operational definition. Subsequently, inconsistencies exist in the assessment methodologies,…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Practices, Evaluation, Technological Advancement