Day organized by Lucie Corbin, Erika Godde & Séverine Millotte
Over the last few decades, research in the cognitive sciences has provided us with an increasingly precise understanding of how learning works, and of the factors that promote it. This body of knowledge has led to the emergence of the “evidence-based education” movement, which aims to promote educational and pedagogical practices based on scientific research findings that have been shown to be effective, as opposed to practices based on mere beliefs or ideologies (Ramus, 2019). Within this framework, and thanks to close collaboration between researchers and education professionals, a range of pedagogical and educational devices and programs, based on data from cognitive science research, have been tested in classrooms to work towards better student learning. This study day will provide an opportunity to present a few examples of these research-based systems and programs that have proved their worth in the field, and to consider the complexities of moving from the laboratory to the classroom.