Stephen L. Chew, PhD, a psychology professor at Samford University, practices what he preached at APA's 2015 Education Leadership Conference: He has translated psychological science about teaching and learning into YouTube videos. His series on "The Cognitive Principles of Effective Teaching" consists of five short videos:
- Beliefs about teachingopens in new window.
- Mindset, metacognition and trustopens in new window.
- Prior knowledge, misconceptions, ineffective learning strategies and transferopens in new window.
- Constraints of selective attention, mental effort and working memoryopens in new window.
- Teachable moments, formative assessment and conceptual changeopens in new window.
Chew also has a video series for students. Based on cognitive research, the "How to Get the Most Out of Studyingopens in new window" series has received more than a million views.
