All in For Teachers
One of the talks introduced me to an interesting research question that is potentially applicable to authentic studying situations for students: When studying a text, should students pretend to explain the main ideas to someone, engage in retrieval practice, or does it not make a difference?
One research line that is highlighted at the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) conference is self-regulated learning in students and in what ways teachers could help foster self-regulated learning in students. There are many different ways on how research is approaching this issue…
Earlier this week I came across a research study that opted for the third approach: attempting to train students to adopt different study habits. … It was a massive undertaking and provides some very interesting and compelling insights into what does and does not work when trying to get students to change their study habits.
Summary: Taking notes by hand seems to be better than taking notes using a laptop because it requires students to put the notes into their own words. However, the research is nuanced! It is important to remember, too, that if laptops are creating distractions learning will suffer. …
David is currently looking to partner with a select group of educators who are interested in free access to iDoRecall so that they can bring evidence-based learning techniques into the classroom and help their students use the tools that underlie iDoRecall to accelerate their academic success. Write david@iDoRecall.com for details.
I can remember my undergraduate days when one of my first thoughts after turning my alarm off in the morning was, “when can I take a nap today?” I wasn’t necessarily staying up too late or pulling all night cram sessions – although that did happen. However, I can look back now and see …
