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When I (or any cognitive psychologist) refer to “short-term memory”, we’re talking about memory that lasts for 15-30 seconds. Not minutes, not a day, not a few weeks. Just 15-30 seconds. This differs quite drastically from the way people commonly use the term ...
Retrieval practice is one of the six strategies for effective learning because it has been identified by cognitive psychology as an effective way to improve student learning. A plethora of research has been conducted on the benefits of practicing retrieval to ...
A crucial aspect of learning is to know when you can stop studying a specific topic and move to the next or when to wrap-up studying altogether. A straightforward strategy would be to stop when you think you have mastered the topic. For this strategy to be successful, ...
We have previously written about studying while listening to music. As a brief reminder, it depends on the task and your personality whether background music will help, hinder, or not make a difference while studying. In this piece, we are again talking ...
A few months ago, we published a piece in which we answered 5 reader questions, and then a follow-up with 5 more questions answered. Here, we continue the series with 5 further questions.
Q1: Is there any real magic to the “rule of 3”? ...
Researchers and education scholars have been debating about the answer to this question for decades (1, 2). Some have suggested that novice learners should receive direct instruction. In other words, to learn best they need guidance, and instructors should ...