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How to Use Retrieval Practice to Improve Learning - Coggle Diagram
How to Use Retrieval Practice to Improve Learning
What is retrieval practice?
Calling information to the mind to enhance learning
Getting information out of the brain
Challenges and strengthens memory
Types of retrieval practice
Quizzes/exams
Homework
Flashcards
Clickers or "remotes" - Alternatively, colored index cards
Page protectors and dry erase markers
Ineffective ways to learn/short-term learning
Re-reading textbooks
Reviewing notes
Highlighting and underlining
Metacognition
Awareness of what students do or don't know
Feedback: providing students information about whether they got something correct or incorrect
Worries about retrieval practice?
You don't need to change your textbook! It will work with any textbook
You do not need to change your style of teaching
You don't need to spend more class time on this, you just need to use class time more effectively
It can decrease students test anxiety
Feedback does not mean more work for you
Benefits of retrieval learning
Increases understanding
Improves students' transfer of knowledge to new concepts
Improves students' organization of knowledge
Improves students' complex thinking and application skills