Escape rooms have become increasingly popular over the last decade.... The interactive format and team based problem solving has made escape rooms popular with teachers as well.
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Optimizing Your Learning Schedule
One of the most effective learning strategies is spaced practice – the distribution of study time across multiple smaller study sessions. This learning strategy dates back to Hermann Ebbinghaus in 1885 who conducted the first systematic investigations of spaced practice with himself as a participant…
Using Retrieval Practice for Transfer in an Online Class
Retrieval practice produces benefits to learning in many different situations, but trying to get students to transfer their knowledge to a new situation is tricky business. There is some evidence that retrieval practice can be used to get students to think more deeply…
Learning Strategies Promoted by Academic Support Centers
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The Art and Science of Memory Part 2
This post continues from a post I did last week discussing whether there is a difference between memory and learning and a difference in learning in the Arts and Sciences.
The Art and Science of Memory Part 1
When I’ve given lectures and workshops on learning and memory to my colleagues I’ve been accused of focusing too much on how learning works in the Sciences and not enough on how learning works in the Arts.