I taught three semesters during my time at Michigan: two semesters as a discussion leader of Introduction to Cognitive Psychology, and one semester as the primary instructor for Educational Psychology and Human Development. 

Pre-service teachers have just one semester of educational psychology at Michigan, so I worked to give my future math, science, and music teachers concrete tools they could apply to their day-to-day work in schools. We covered how psychological research can better inform their teaching, and also carefully evaluated the evidence for particular practices, curricula, and instructional techniques. 

Memory, attention, reasoning: these capacities can determine how successful we are at school and work. In this introductory course, I taught three sections each week focused on reinforcing the content provided in readings and lectures. During these sessions, I helped my students understand how cognitive psychology underpins much of their learning -- from retrieval practice and spacing to multitasking and metacognition.