28 Jan 2011 I bookmarked three links on retrieval practice. Part of a Purdue University press release on the work of Jeff Karpicke. I distinctly remember a 50% improvement in long-term memory for retrieval over concept maps. A consolidation activity mode all the more collaborative with “Web 2.0” sharing capabilities. It was ten years ago.…
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Returning from Dubai mid-term, on top of establishing myself at school and with the students, I was listening to the enlivened conversation around the new framework with ‘leading the curriculum,’ easily the loudest debate between online HoD and AHTs. Here I was, in a unique position, listening to the debate whilst experiencing first hand the…
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Teaching is messy and learning so difficult to pinpoint, that teaching has to be responsive is my humble conclusion. Securing and holding (a nod to desirable difficulties and cognitive load) students attention, essential. From there on in, the list of potential variables that may / or may not influence a student learning quite probably inexorable.…
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At the back end of January ‘10 I was reading the research findings by Jeffrey D. Karpicke, Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue. In a nutshell, Karpicke’s research shows that practicing retrieval is an even more effective strategy than engaging in elaborative studying. Given that it is now fast approaching revision season, here it…
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Purdue Newsroom – Research finds practicing retrieval is best tool for learning (tags: retrieval learning research) The best way to study is to take a test (tags: retrieval learning) Practising retrieval is best tool for learning: Study – Lifestyle – DNA Scholarly research – learning and retreival. (tags: retrieval learning memory) quikmaps.com :: maps for…
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