New for Spring 2026: Schema Theory Workshop — limited seats available.
New for Spring 2026: Schema Theory Workshop — limited seats available.
Schemas are mental frameworks that help students organize information in long-term memory. When knowledge is well structured, students understand faster, remember longer, and apply ideas in new situations.
In this training, teachers learn how experts differ from novices, how schemas reduce demands on working memory, and why “more facts” is not the same as “more understanding.” You’ll explore classroom strategies that strengthen connections between ideas, build background knowledge intentionally, and help students integrate new content into what they already know.
You’ll leave with subject-flexible techniques you can use immediately, including ways to introduce key concepts, sequence examples, revisit ideas over time, and design practice that supports durable understanding.
Learn the cognitive science research behind schemas and how they organize knowledge in long-term memory
Apply evidence-based teaching methods for activating prior knowledge and connecting new learning to existing schemas
Implement neuroscience in education training strategies that help students apply knowledge to new contexts
Master brain-based teaching strategies for helping students develop organized, interconnected knowledge structures
Understand how well-developed schemas free up working memory capacity for new learning in classroom instruction
Learn how schema theory explains differences between expert and novice learners in K-12 education
Schema Theory
Knowledge Organization
Pattern Recognition
Concept Mapping
Mental Models
Semantic Networks
Transfer of Learning
Advance Organizers
Prior Knowledge
Chunking
Expertise Development
Metacognition
“The schema theory workshop helped me understand why some students grasp concepts quickly while others struggle. The cognitive science for teachers content gave me practical brain-based teaching strategies for building strong knowledge structures. This evidence-based teaching training has improved my instruction dramatically!”
Discover how schema theory supports learning science with this neuroscience professional development for educators workshop.
