Today I review a series of experiments that extends previous research by having students provide justifications for their MC answers. As in other techniques for retrieval, answer justification has the potential to increase understanding and retention through elaborative retrieval…
In the first year that our blog was created—2016—I wrote a piece titled, Retrieval Practice Improves Learning, but Will it Help ALL of my Students? In this piece, I covered an experiment conducted by Pooja Agarwal and colleagues (1) about the benefits …
Alison Stone teaches Biology and Human Anatomy and Physiology at Central Bucks High School – West in Doylestown, PA. She is a National Board-Certified Teacher and the 2015 recipient of the Outstanding Educator Award from Stephenson University. Alison is a Distinguished …
One of the most common metaphors to describe what the first few years of medical school is like is that it is like drinking water from a fire hose. There is an overwhelming amount of information that students need to learn, and need to learn fast. One of the areas …
ADHD is a chronic neurodevelopmental disorder that can disrupt students’ ability to maintain attention, regulate emotions, and inhibit impulses at school. …mindfulness interventions have been found to enhance attention, executive function, emotional regulation, and self-control.
How do people perform under pressure? As performance-related anxiety increases, what happens to performance? This was the focus of a recently published experiment. In this study, the researchers proposed that the difference between whether pressure is good or bad is how it is interpreted.
