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pupils today can change the way they study to exploit the brain’s quirky learning processes, using the strategies revealed by memory and learning research
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Students need to understand that learning happens not only during reading and studying, but in all sorts of ways, so that they can examine their own habits to know which ones may be helping or not, and make adjustments
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We can be tactical in our schooling.
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forgetting serves as a powerful spam filter
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when the brain has to work hard to retrieve a half-forgotten memory (such as when reviewing new vocabulary words you learned the day before), it re-doubles the strength of that memory.
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The brain is a foraging learner.
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The human brain evolved to pick up valuable pieces of information here and there, on the fly, all the time, and put it all together
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and it’s not only during study or practice
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By foraging in this way, the brain is “building knowledge continually
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Forgetting isn’t always bad.
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Breaking up and spacing out study time over days or weeks can substantially boost how much of the material students retain, and for longer, compared to lumping everything into a single, nose-to-the-grindstone session.
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Varying the studying environment
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can help reinforce and sharpen the memory of what you learn.
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A 15-minute break to go for a walk or trawl on social media isn’t necessarily wasteful procrastination. Distractions and interruptions can allow for mental “incubation” and flashes of insight — but only if you’ve been working at a problem for a while and get stuck, according to a 2009 research meta-analysis.
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Quizzing oneself on new material, such as by reciting it aloud from memory or trying to tell a friend about it, is a far more powerful way to master information than just re-reading it
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Experimenting With Learning Tactics
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benefits of sleep (which improves retention and comprehension of what you learn), perceptual learning modules and mixing up different kinds of related problems or skills in practice sessions instead of repetitively rehearsing just one skill at a time.
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teachers see all sorts of reforms come and go, and they’re skeptical
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Surviving the Modern Jungle
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Paul Beaufait on 09 Sep 14

Chen sums up an interview about Benedict Carey's book, How We Learn: The Surprising Truth about When, Where, and Why It Happens, highlighting and exemplifying take-away messages for self-directed learners as well as teachers.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Chen sums up an interview about Benedict Carey's book, How We Learn: The Surprising Truth about When, Where, and Why It Happens, highlighting and exemplifying take-away messages for self-directed learners as well as teachers.</div>

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