Concepts grouped in the Comprehension & Depth cluster of the knowledge graph. Click any concept for its full definition, scientific basis, and how to apply it.
- Analogy and Transfer: Analogy is the process of mapping a familiar situation onto a new one in order to bootstrap understanding when direct experience is missing.
- Chunking: Chunking is the process of binding individual pieces of information into a single meaningful unit so that the unit, not its parts, occupies working memory.
- Deep Processing: Deep processing is engaging with material at the level of meaning and connection rather than at the level of surface features or rote repetition.
- Elaboration: Elaboration is the process of giving new material meaning by expressing it in your own words and connecting it to what you already know.
- Mental Models: A mental model is a mental representation of some external reality that captures the key features and relationships needed to reason about it.