Testing sometimes gets a bad reputation. This is perhaps unsurprising in the world of standardized testing, but it has led to some misconceptions…
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What does massed reading and watching do to attention?
What happens when students read a text twice in a row or watch the same lecture video twice in a row? We know from research on retrieval practice and spaced practice that such “massed” repetition of information does little to enhance long-term learning.
Optimising Learning Using Retrieval Practice
This piece originally appeared in the Spring 2018 issue of Impact by The Chartered College of Teaching. You can read more about Impact here. Note the formatting of references and British English spelling was retained.
Retrieval practice, or reconstructing knowledge …
Highlighting With Reservations
After reading a summary of the research on highlighting I became an adamant anti-highlighter (1). I mean, it was worse than re-reading in some cases. Re-reading. The standard control in memory experiments.
Factors Of Effective Note-Taking: Application Of Cognitive Load Theory
My post today is a personal reflection on effective feedback use. Feedback is a crucial aspect of the learning process. It helps us correct errors and improve performance in the future. However, effective feedback remains a problem in education.
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.