Learning designs are central resources for educational environments because they provide the organizational structure of learning activities; they are concrete instructional methods. We characterize each learning design by the competencies they target. We define competencies at the meta-knowledge level, as generic processes acting on domainspecific knowledge. We summarize a functional taxonomy ...

It has been claimed that working memory training programs produce diverse beneficial effects. This article presents a meta-analysis of working memory training studies (with a pretest-posttest design and a control group) that have examined transfer to other measures (nonverbal ability, verbal ability, word decoding, reading comprehension, or arithmetic; 87 publications with 145 experimental comp...

Emerging sports science research reveals that expert performance in rapid and reactive skills such as baseball batting, return-of-serve in tennis, and goalie play in hockey and soccer is based on superior perceptual-cognitive skills that allow a competitor to perceive predictive cues in an opponent's actions. Situational decision-making, such as the pass/dribble/shoot decision of soccer or bask...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotional regulation training group therapy, based on dialectical behavioral therapy (dbt) and cognitive therapy, on improving emotional regulation and distress tolerance skills and relapse prevention in addicts.in a quasiexperimental study, 39 patients with the diagnosis of opioid dependence based on dsm-iv criteria were randoml...

BACKGROUND Numerous daily activities require simultaneous application of motor and cognitive skills (dual-tasking). The execution of such tasks is especially difficult for the elderly and for people with (neuro-) degenerative disorders. Training of physical and cognitive abilities helps prevent or slow down the age-related decline of cognition. The aim of this review is to summarise and assess ...

While the aviation domain is exemplary for its complex cognitive skills, the pace of automation steadily increases making it crucial to train people as effectively as possible. Over the last three decades training programs have evolved a strong focus on personalized dynamic whole-tasks. Adapting training to the individual student’s progress is believed to be strongly related to increased traini...

Review of "Effect of communication skills training program for oncologists based on patient preferences for communication when receiving bad news: A randomized controlled trial" by Fujimori et al. (2014), Journal of Clinical Oncology, 32, 2166-2172. For a further discussion of survey research, please see the related article by Julie Ponto starting on page 168.