You’re doing everything right as an instructor. You encourage your students to study using flashcards and other forms of retrieval practice (i.e., recalling information from memory) and regularly administer quizzes during class.
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Weekly Digest #124: Pesky Learning Myths
Can you believe this is already digest #124?! It seems like just yesterday we were writing our first digest on evidence-based practices in education, explaining our rationale for creating the digests, and coming up with topics to cover. This week, the topic is somewhat …
The Failed Spacing Effect 30 Years Later (Part 2)
Thirty years ago, Frank N. Demster wrote an article entitled “A Case Study in the Failure to Apply the Results of Psychological Research”. In Part 1 of this blog, I looked at the first 5 potential reasons described by Dempster in his review. In this follow-up, I look at the remaining 4 reasons.
GUEST POST: Make the Presentation Count
How often have you added pictures or gifs to a PowerPoint presentation to spice it up? It turns out that these fun additions can actually negatively impact your audience's learning. This is especially important for educators and students…
The Failed Spacing Effect 30 Years Later (Part 1)
Thirty years ago, Frank N. Demster wrote an article entitled “A Case Study in the Failure to Apply the Results of Psychological Research” (1). His case study was the spacing effect - the finding that studying information presented spaced out over time…
Weekly Digest #122: Spaced Practice in Different Subjects
We recently asked subscribers of our Facebook page what they would like to see more of. We were delighted to receive so many responses, and one theme that emerged was that readers would like to see subject-specific tips for how to integrate…