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    Speaker Profile

    Pooja K. Agarwal, PhD

    Cognitive Scientist; Associate Professor of Psychology, Berklee College of Music; Founder, RetrievalPractice.org; Former K-12 Teacher; Editor, Smart Teaching Stronger Learning (2025); Author, "Retrieval practice: A Power Tool for Lasting Learning (2020, ASCD) and "Retrieval Practice and Bloom's Taxonomy: Do Students Need Fact Knowledge Before Higher Order Learning? (2019, Journal of Educational Psychology); Co-Author, "Retrieval Practice Consistently Benefits Student Learning: A Systematic Review of Applied Research in Schools and Classrooms" (2021, Educational Psychology Review), Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning (2019), and "Benefits From Retrieval Practice Are Greater for Students With Lower Working Memory Capacity" (2017, Memory)

    Pooja K.Agarwal, PhD

    Past Talks

    The Science of Learning
    Using Evidence to Engage Learners, Transform Teaching, Innovate EdTech, and Empower Leaders
    Sheraton NY Times Square Hotel or Virtually via Zoom
    April 25-27, 2025
    Learning How to Learn
    Applying Learning Sciences for Deeper Reasoning, Retention, and Reflection
    The Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA
    November 22-24, 2019
    Merging Minds & Technology
    Transform Schools with Neuroscience, Robots, Makerspaces, and Virtual Reality
    Held at the Westin Copley Place Hotel in Boston, MA
    November 10-12, 2017