How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School

An update to the classic report, drawing on two decades of new research into how people learn across different contexts and cultures. It explores motivation, memory, and learning over a lifetime.

National Academies of Sciences

A concise summary of cognitive science on how students learn, built around six key questions every educator should grapple with. It links each principle to practical steps for the classroom.

Deans for Impact

A collection of essays where scholars and teachers explain how to apply the science of learning in real settings. It covers retrieval practice, spaced learning, motivation, and more.

Catherine E. Overson, Christopher M. Hakala, Victor A. Benassi