Think back a few weeks. Students (and teachers!) were stressed about the Midterm exams that loomed. Many students spent hours rereading text and notes, and trying to make sense of it all in their brain. Many of them spent a lot of time (without much sleep) just hours before they were scheduled to take the test - the age-old practice of cramming! Just how effective were their learning strategies? Retrieval Practice: I am always fascinated by how the brain works, and specifically how it works for learning. I read a blog written by Matt Miller called Ditch that Textbook. He recently highlighted a book with important research on learning and specific suggestions for techniques that help you learn: " Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning" by Peter C. Brown & Henry L. Roediger III, makes the following claims about student learning based on their research : We are poor judges of when we are learning well or when we're not. Rereading
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