Robert A. Bjork

Robert A. Bjork

University of California, Los Angeles

H-index: 92

North America-United States

About Robert A. Bjork

Robert A. Bjork, With an exceptional h-index of 92 and a recent h-index of 53 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of California, Los Angeles, specializes in the field of Human learning, human memory, metacognition, education, teaching.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Learning from errors versus explicit instruction in preparation for a test that counts

The effects of lecture speed and note‐taking on memory for educational material

Introducing desirable difficulties into practice and instruction: Obstacles and opportunities

Peer Review Version

Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

Thinking first versus googling first: Preferences and consequences.

On the role of generation rules in moderating the beneficial effects of errorful generation

Pan, Rickard, and Bjork (2021) Does spelling still matter—And if so, how should it be taught?

Robert A. Bjork Information

University

Position

Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology

Citations(all)

45941

Citations(since 2020)

14158

Cited By

37257

hIndex(all)

92

hIndex(since 2020)

53

i10Index(all)

168

i10Index(since 2020)

128

Email

University Profile Page

University of California, Los Angeles

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Robert A. Bjork Skills & Research Interests

Human learning

human memory

metacognition

education

teaching

Top articles of Robert A. Bjork

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Learning from errors versus explicit instruction in preparation for a test that counts

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Janet Metcalfe

Judy Xu

Matti Vuorre

Robert Siegler

Dylan Wiliam

...

2024/1/11

The effects of lecture speed and note‐taking on memory for educational material

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Ashley Chen

Dillon H Murphy

Jordan A Brabec

Robert A Bjork

Elizabeth L Bjork

2024/1

Introducing desirable difficulties into practice and instruction: Obstacles and opportunities

Elizabeth L Bjork

Robert A Bjork

2023

Peer Review Version

Ali Oker

2020/11/29

Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

Kristy A Hamilton

Aaron S Benjamin

2019

Thinking first versus googling first: Preferences and consequences.

Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

Saskia Giebl

Stefany Mena

Riley Sandberg

Elizabeth Ligon Bjork

Robert A Bjork

2022/10/13

On the role of generation rules in moderating the beneficial effects of errorful generation

Zeitschrift für Psychologie

Courtney M Clark

Elizabeth L Bjork

Robert A Bjork

2021/4/14

Pan, Rickard, and Bjork (2021) Does spelling still matter—And if so, how should it be taught?

Steven C Pan

Timothy Charles Rickard

Robert A Bjork

2021/3/28

Does spelling still matter—and if so, how should it be taught? Perspectives from contemporary and historical research

Steven C Pan

Timothy C Rickard

Robert A Bjork

2021/12/1

Answer first or Google first? Using the Internet in ways that enhance, not impair, one’s subsequent retention of needed information

Psychology Learning & Teaching

Saskia Giebl

Stefany Mena

Benjamin C Storm

Elizabeth Ligon Bjork

Robert A Bjork

2021/3

Improving conceptual learning via pretests.

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Faria Sana

Veronica X Yan

Courtney M Clark

Elizabeth Ligon Bjork

Robert A Bjork

2021/6

Where and how to learn: The interactive benefits of contextual variation, restudying, and retrieval practice for learning

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Megan N Imundo

Steven C Pan

Elizabeth Ligon Bjork

Robert A Bjork

2021/3

True-false testing on trial: Guilty as charged or falsely accused?

Educational Psychology Review

Jordan Andrew Brabec

Steven C Pan

Elizabeth Ligon Bjork

Robert A Bjork

2020/7/6

General knowledge and detailed memory benefit from different training sequences

Sharon Mina Noh

Robert A Bjork

Alison Preston

2021/5/19

Google as teacher: Constructive search engine use when learning to code

Riley Sandberg

Saskia Giebl

Stefany Mena

Elizabeth L Bjork

Robert A Bjork

2020/8/10

Acquiring an accurate mental model of human learning: Toward an owner's manual

Oxford handbook of learning & memory: Foundations and applications

Steven C Pan

Robert A Bjork

2020

Desirable difficulties in theory and practice.

Journal of Applied research in Memory and Cognition

Robert A Bjork

Elizabeth L Bjork

2020/12

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Co-Authors

H-index: 90
Harold Pashler

Harold Pashler

University of California, San Diego

H-index: 68
Asher Koriat

Asher Koriat

University of Haifa

H-index: 62
Michael C. Anderson

Michael C. Anderson

University of Cambridge

H-index: 50
Aaron S. Benjamin

Aaron S. Benjamin

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

H-index: 43
Nate Kornell

Nate Kornell

Williams College

H-index: 36
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Doug Rohrer

University of South Florida

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