E090: Pooja Agarwal: A Passion for Powerful Teaching, and a Translational, Generative Researcher

Summary: In this episode, Garth interviews Pooja Agarwal from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. They discuss her new book Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning (co-authored with Patrice Bain). Practical lab principles like retrieval practice and spacing are translated from lab experiments to classrooms, both K-12 & higher ed. Pooja shares her four power tools and her philosophy about assessment. They talk 'coverage' in introductory psych, and you can sign up for more at retrievalpractice.org.