The Evidence Base
Research summaries
Plain-English summaries of the research behind Teaching That Lands. Each one says what the researchers did, what they found, how far to trust it, and what it means for your teaching. Browse the theory library →
Session 1
Death by PowerPoint?
Teaching adults: the ideas put into practice
Knowles · 1984
Why practice problems can overload beginners
Sweller · 1988
Line up the goal, the practice and the check
Biggs · 1996
If-then plans help people follow through
Gollwitzer · 1999
Designing slides with words and pictures
Mayer · 2001
How much if-then plans help, across 94 studies
Gollwitzer · 2006
Session 2
Active Beats Passive
How fast we forget
Ebbinghaus · 1885
Learning from experience, as a cycle
Kolb · 1984
Learning by taking part in real work
Lave · 1991
Spreading learning out beats cramming
Cepeda · 2006
Testing yourself beats re-reading
Roediger · 2006
Active learning beats lecturing alone
Freeman · 2014
Four ways of engaging, from listening to working it through together
Chi · 2014
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Further reading
Basic needs and motivation
Maslow · 1943
Thinking about meaning helps memory
Craik · 1972
Learning with just enough help
Vygotsky · 1978
Questioning the goal, not just the method
Argyris · 1978
Learning with peers by asking questions
Revans · 1982
How professionals think on their feet
Schön · 1983
Teams that feel safe to speak up learn more
Edmondson · 1999
Ideas that change how you see a subject
Meyer · 2003
Debriefing with honest curiosity
Rudolph · 2007
What makes feedback useful
Hattie · 2007