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Six Strategies for Effective Learning Videos

Strategy Videos for the Classroom

The videos below were designed to be used by teachers in the classroom to teach students about how to use the strategies. The below set of videos moves at a lecture pace.

Retrieval Practice

 

Spaced Practice

 

Concrete Examples

Interleaving

 

Elaboration

(Specifically, elaborative interrogation)

 

Dual Coding

Overview of all 6 Strategies

How to study effectively with 6 essential skills. Boost your study performance with strategies recommended by science - The ANSWER Method. For free downloadable posters about these six strategies for effective learning, go to - http://www.learningscientists.org/downloadable-materials/ This video is a collaboration between The Learning Scientists (http://www.learningscientists.org/) and Memorize Academy (https://www.memorize.academy).

A collaboration with Memorize Academy, who use whiteboard animation videos to teach students how to memorize.

Quick and Fun Strategy Videos

The videos below were design to grab students’ attention and very quickly teach them about the strategies in a fun way. These videos may not be the most suitable for the classroom because of their speed.

Spaced Practice

The first video in our Six Strategies for Effective Learning series. In this video, Megan and Yana discuss spacing out your studying and the benefits of doing so. For more information, check out our blog post and posters: http://www.learningscientists.org/blog/2016/7/21-1?rq=learn%20how%20to%20study

Retrieval Practice

The second video in our Six Strategies for Effective Learning. In this video, Megan and Yana discuss retrieval practice. For more information, check out our blog posts and posters: http://www.learningscientists.org/blog/2016/6/23-1?rq=learn%20how%20to%20study
 

Elaboration

(Specifically, elaborative interrogation)

The third video in our Six Strategies for Effective Learning series. In this video, Megan and Yana discuss elaborative interrogation. For more information, check out our blog post and posters: http://www.learningscientists.org/blog/2016/7/21-1?rq=learn%20how%20to%20study Funding for this video was provided by an IDEA Impact Grant. [http://ideaedu.org/giving/idea-impact-grants/]

Interleaving

      

The fourth video in our Six Strategies for Effective Learning. In this video, Megan and Yana discuss interleaving. For more information, check out our blog posts and posters: http://www.learningscientists.org/blog/2016/6/23-1?rq=learn%20how%20to%20study Funding for this video was provided by an IDEA Impact Grant. [http://ideaedu.org/giving/idea-impact-grants/]
 

Concrete Examples

The fifth video in our Six Strategies for Effective Learning. In this video, Megan and Yana discuss concrete examples. For more information, check out our blog posts and posters: http://www.learningscientists.org/blog/2016/6/23-1?rq=learn%20how%20to%20study

Dual Coding

The sixth video in our Six Strategies for Effective Learning series. In this video, Megan and Yana discuss dual coding. For more information, check out our blog posts and posters: http://www.learningscientists.org/blog/2016/6/23-1?rq=learn%20how%20to%20study Funding for this video was provided by an IDEA Impact Grant. [http://ideaedu.org/giving/idea-impact...]

Funding for the creation of these videos was provided by an Impact Grant from IDEA.