{"id":65907,"date":"2019-01-22T05:00:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T10:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=65907"},"modified":"2019-01-22T09:03:42","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T14:03:42","slug":"especially-meant-for-students-some-oldies-but-goodies-on-the-best-ways-to-study-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2019\/01\/22\/especially-meant-for-students-some-oldies-but-goodies-on-the-best-ways-to-study-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"Especially meant for students: Some oldies but goodies on the best ways to study\/learn!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lesson You Never Got Taught in School: How to Learn!<\/strong><\/a> — from bigthink.com by Simon Oxenham (from 2\/15\/13)
\nPsychological Science in the Public Interest evaluated ten techniques for improving learning, ranging from mnemonics to highlighting and came to some surprising conclusions.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Practice Testing (Rating = High)
\n<\/strong>This is where things get interesting; testing is often seen as a necessary evil of education. Traditionally, testing consists of rare but massively important \u2018high stakes\u2019 assessments. There is however, an extensive literature demonstrating the benefits of testing for learning \u2013 but importantly, it does not seem necessary that testing is in the format of \u2018high stakes\u2019 assessments. All testing including \u2018low stakes\u2019 practice testing seems to result in benefits. Unlike many of the other techniques mentioned, the benefits of practice testing are not modest \u2013 studies have found that a practice test can double free recall!<\/p>\n

Distributed Practice (Rating = High)
\n<\/strong>Have you ever wondered whether it is best to do your studying in large chunks or divide your studying over a period of time? Research has found that the optimal level of distribution of sessions for learning is 10-20% of the length of time that something needs to be remembered. So if you want to remember something for a year you should study at least every month, if you want to remember something for five years you should space your learning every six to twelve months. If you want to remember something for a week you should space your learning 12-24 hours apart. It does seem however that the distributed-practice effect may work best when processing information deeply \u2013 so for best results you might want to try a distributed practice and self-testing combo.<\/p>\n

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