This talk explored the evidence that underpins cognitive science and how it connects with education, leading to a discussion of two common themes: (1) that our intuitions about what makes effective learning are often not supported by evidence; (2) that misconceptions about how we learn – learning styles, left/right brain – can be dispelled through the effective communication of research results. The talk also explored six learning strategies that have been found by cognitive science to be effective strategies for learning: spaced practice, interleaving, elaboration, concrete examples, dual coding, and retrieval practice. Participants discovered what constitutes good evidence for effective learning and teaching strategies, how to make evidence-based judgments instead of relying on intuition, and how to apply findings from cognitive psychology directly to instructional activities.