Amedee Marchand Martella

The research I conduct centers on investigating how to design effective classroom environments to promote appropriate cognitive processing during learning. More specifically, I systematically study active learning and other instructional methods and investigate whether and how educational technologies, such as immersive virtual reality and generative artificial intelligence, should be used during STEM lessons to support encoding and long-term retention. My research is grounded in cognitive science and the science of learning. Studies conducted in my Cognition and Active Learning Lab (CAL; https://coe.uga.edu/research/labs/cognition-and-active-learning-lab/) take place in online, lab, and classroom settings and typically involve STEM content. In addition to being a faculty member in the Applied Cognition and Development program, I am an affiliate of the UGA Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IAI), the Owen’s Institute for Behavioral Research (OIBR), and the Center for Advanced Computer-Human Ecosystems and am a core faculty member in the Scientists Engaged in Educational Research (SEER) Center.