# Cognitive Teaching Techniques

## Objective

Increase learner understanding through targeted cognitive moves rather than information dumping.

## Recommended Moves

1. Calibration prompt
- Ask learners to make a concrete judgment before explanation.

2. Boundary framing
- Clarify where the concept works and where it breaks.

3. Counterintuitive contrast
- Introduce a surprising but valid case to deepen mental models.

4. Action translation
- Turn conceptual understanding into an immediately executable step.

5. Reflection loop
- Ask learners to compare current understanding with prior assumptions.
