Research
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Latest papers
Working Memory and Instructional Fit: Reintroducing Aptitude-Treatment Interaction in Education Research.
Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025 · first author
No Simple Solutions to Complex Problems: Cognitive Science Principles Can Guide but Not Prescribe Educational Decisions.
Policy insights from the behavioral and brain sciences · 2024
Broader benefits of the pretesting effect: Placement matters.
Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2023 · first author
Latest funding
- $39,784
Evaluating the boundary conditions of the pretesting effect
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $12,500
Evaluating the boundary conditions of the pretesting effect
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $39,304
Using evidence-based techniques to promote learning in online classrooms
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
7 publications.
Working Memory and Instructional Fit: Reintroducing Aptitude-Treatment Interaction in Education Research.
Sana F, Fenesi B
No Simple Solutions to Complex Problems: Cognitive Science Principles Can Guide but Not Prescribe Educational Decisions.
Yan VX, Sana F, Carvalho PF
Broader benefits of the pretesting effect: Placement matters.
Sana F, Carpenter SK
The interplay between inhibitory control and metaphor conventionality.
Sana F, Park J, Gagné CL, Spalding TL
Learning from errors: students’ and instructors’ practices, attitudes, and beliefs
Pan SC, Sana F, Samani J, Cooke J, Kim JA
Optimizing the Efficacy of Learning Objectives through Pretests
Sana F, Forrin ND, Sharma M, Dubljevic T, Ho P, Jalil E, Kim JA
Self-regulated spacing in a massive open online course is related to better learning.
Carvalho PF, Sana F, Yan VX
Evaluating the boundary conditions of the pretesting effect
Principal investigators: Sana, Faria
Keywords: memory; attention; learning; prequestions
Evaluating the boundary conditions of the pretesting effect
Principal investigators: Sana, Faria
Using evidence-based techniques to promote learning in online classrooms
Principal investigators: Sana, Faria
Keywords: evidence-based teaching; active learning; attention; memory; pretesting; interleaving
Using evidence-based techniques to promote learning in online classrooms
Principal investigators: Sana, Faria
Keywords: evidence-based teaching; active learning; attention; memory; pretesting; interleaving
Spacing effect and critical thinking in the classroom
Principal investigators: Wiseheart, Melody
Keywords: educational psychology; spacing effect; critical thinking
Examining the Specificity of the Pretesting Effect
Principal investigators: Sana, Faria
Keywords: memory; attention; pretesting; learning; academic achievement
Spacing effect and critical thinking in the classroom
Principal investigators: Wiseheart, Melody
Keywords: educational psychology; spacing effect; critical thinking
Investigating the Interleaving Effect in Classrooms to Boost Student Retention
Principal investigators: Sana, Faria
Keywords: (1) memory; (2) student retention; (3) assessment; (4) teaching practices; (5) pedagogy; (6) cognition; (7) classroom learning; (8) mathematics learning; (9) science learning
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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