SoL: Developing Sophisticated Learners

Professional Development on the Science of Leaning

Co-developed with the world’s leading experts on human learning, this online professional development provide compelling research and insightful application to bolster teaching efficacy and improve your students’ ability to learn. The program is complemented with live synchronous group collaboration, assignments and application hours to support educators.

COGx PD Components

Flexible. Personalized. Adaptive

Capturing Student Attention & Increasing Engagement

Provides a tool box of strategies to capture your students’ attention, address processing speed and leverage working memory.
Educators learn...
  • The types of attention, causes of inattention, and strategies to capture and sustain focus.
  • How working memory functions, ways to reduce cognitive overload, and strategies to help students retain and recall information.
  • The role of processing speed in learning, its impact on students, and teaching methods to support varied processing speeds.
Outcomes of our Program...

of educators say they now understand how processing speed varies and how to accommodate these differences.

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of educators felt confident in implementing tools that target & accommodate differences in attention.

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of educators said they learned classroom strategies to reduce working memory overload.

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Supporting Executive Function

Empowers educators with strategies to support students’ development of executive function, while addressing executive dysfunction.
Educators learn...
  • Educators learn a structured framework for supporting goal-directed behaviors from planning and execution to reflection and adjustment.
  • Gain strategies to recognize and work with executive dysfunction helping students manage challenges with attention, organization, and follow-through.
  • Implement targeted techniques to support motivation, planning, emotional regulation, processing regulation, self-monitoring, and self-regulation empowering students to take control of their learning.
Outcomes of COGx PD Program...

educators gained new insights into how executive function skills support learning and development.

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of educators felt empowered to identify and connect specific cognitive skills to executive function behaviors.

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felt confident using COGx guides to design strategies for improving executive function.

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Teach for Mastery (Encoding & Retrieval)

Empowers educators with proven techniques to help students encode new information, strengthen retrieval, and build durable, flexible knowledge for deeper learning.
Educators learn...
  • To apply evidence-based techniques that help students store new information effectively, making knowledge more durable and accessible.
  • To incorporate regular opportunities for students to retrieve and apply knowledge, strengthening long-term retention and deep learning.
  • To design lessons that connect new learning to prior knowledge, helping students flexibly apply what they know across subjects and contexts.
Outcomes of COGx PD Program...

of educators can effectively apply feedback, assessments, and peer learning to enhance student outcomes.

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of educators feel empowered to integrate encoding tactics into lessons.

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educators learned how to integrate classroom-based retrieval tactics into lessons to improve students' learning and test-taking performance.

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Foster Metacognition

Empowers Educators with strategies to develop metacognitive awareness and independent learning.
Educators learn...
  • How to assess students’ metacognitive skills to identify strengths and areas for growth.
  • Techniques to help students analyze mistakes and use them to strengthen understanding and resilience.
  • Implement classroom strategies that teach students to monitor and adjust their learning behaviors fostering independence and deeper learning.
Outcomes of COGx PD Program...

ofeducators enhanced their grasp on the role of metacognition in learning success and lifelong learning.

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educators said they can identify ways to develop students' ability to monitor and manage their own learning behaviors.

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of educators became more confident in planning and implementing strategies that enhance students' metacognitive awareness.

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Support Wellbeing

Empowers educators with strategies to foster student engagement, motivation, and positive learning behaviors.
Educators learn...
  • How cognition, emotion, and behavior are interconnected and how emotions and mindset influence student effort, persistence, and learning outcomes.
  • To acquire strategies to cultivate classroom environments that promote positive emotions, student agency, and a sense of belonging, which are essential for sustained engagement.
  • Evidence-based methods to foster intrinsic motivation and engagement, even for students who struggle or feel disengaged, helping reignite curiosity and a love of learning.
Outcomes of COGx PD Program...

of educators felt enabled to analyze the adverse effects of emotions and misbehaviors on cognition and learning.

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of educators learned ways to foster positive emotions and behaviors in the classroom to increase student engagement and learning outcomes.

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of educators reported gaining an in-depth understanding of how emotions impact cognition and learning.

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In Partnership With Experts on Learning Science from...

Who Educators Learn From: COGx Academic Partners

What Educator Are Saying

How Educators Learn: Research-Informed Instructional Design

We Practice What We Teach

Our programs incorporate the scientific principles of human learning into our instructional design. Learning is active, engaging, collaborative, and application-based. Invigorate your lesson planning with science-based tools that will enable your students to master what you teach.

COGx Program Leaders

Program Leaders are assigned to support your learning journey. They monitor the Program and respond to your questions. You can also contact your Program Leader for on-demand support.

Priming Activities

Priming quizzes and open-ended interrogatories are used to get learners to think about the subject matter they are about to learn.

Retrieval Practice

To foster durable, flexible, and enduring learning, we apply retrieval strategies throughout the program, including elaboration, spacing, self-testing, and interleaving.

Video Micro-Lessons

Video lessons are delivered by 12+ expert educators, and leading researchers experienced in the translation of research on the science of learning into classroom application.

Classroom Application Guides

Takeaway posters are provided throughout the modules to guide the effective implementation of the concepts covered.

Peer-Based Feedback & Reflection

Learners receive and provide peers with anonymized feedback on lesson plan application assignments for deeper learning.

Discussion Boards

Modules include Discussion Forums to share ideas, collaborate, and provide and receive valuable peer feedback. Program Leaders are also constantly available seek clarity or ask a question on any topic throughout the learning journey.

Alumni Practitioner’s Platform

Program alumni (Science of Learning Practitioners) can join an online platform to share resources and strategies for ongoing application of concepts and guidance.

Application Hour

Under the guidance of the Program Leader, educators apply academic research to their specific student population and subject matter during live, virtual training sessions.

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