Nearly four in 10 adult Americans have tried to transfer credit toward a college degree or credential. Of those, 58 percent lost credits in the process. For some, the consequences ...

Cathy Beck is the assistant superintendent in Summit County, CO. She is the author of “Easy and Effective Professional Development,” and “Leading ELL Students to Success: Strategies for Providing ...

When discussing learning transfer—the ability to apply previous knowledge, skills, and strategies to new contexts or situations—we should also be mindful of our learners’ cognitive load. Cognitive ...

Mingai Li, received her B.Sc. degree and M.Sc. degree from Daqing Petroleum Institute, Heilongjiang, China, in 1987 and 1990 respectively, and Ph.D. degree from Beijing University of Technology, ...

The infamous North Hollywood Shootout took place in 1997. Two bank robbers confronted Los Angeles police officers, who were initially armed only with handguns. The robbers, wearing homemade body armor ...

The new “question-of-the-week” is: What is “transfer of learning” and what can teachers do to increase the odds of it happening with their students? Transfer of learning, also know as learning ...