Occasionally I get a request from teachers or professors about how they can help their students learn more. I do have some rather, shall we say, strong feelings about this.
Teachers teach in different ways, students learn in different ways. I do believe there are ways to help more students succeed with just a bit more [...]
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Study: “Cramming” hurts your ability to remember stuff in the long term
Collision Detection has a very fascinating article up about the science of studying. Some very interesting bits.
First, cramming is bad for long term recall. I didn’t realize this was up for grabs, actually… wasn’t this known?
Secondly:
Okay, so let’s say you actually do want to remember things for the long-haul. How should you study? Rohrer and [...]