Boosting Student Memory
Forgetting starts as soon as learning happens, but educators can make their teaching stickier with these five tips.
October 21, 2017
To learn more about the research cited in the video, check out the links below.
- Jaap M. J. Murre and Joeri Dros’ work on replication and analysis of Ebbinghaus’ forgetting curve (2015)
- Melanie J. Sekeres, Kyra Bonasia, Marie St-Laurent, Sara Pishdadian, Gordon Winocur, Cheryl Grady, and Morris Moscovitch’s research on recovering and preventing loss of detailed memory: differential rates of forgetting for detail types in episodic memory (2016)
- Shana K. Carpenter, Nicholas J. Cepeda, Doug Rohrer, Sean H. K. Kang, and Harold Pashler’s study on using Spacing to Enhance Diverse Forms of Learning: Review of Recent Research and Implications for Instruction (2012)
- Olusola O. Adesope, Dominic A. Trevisan, and Narayankripa Sundararajan’s research on rethinking the Use of Tests: A Meta-Analysis of Practice Testing (2017)
- Amy M. Smith, Victoria A. Floerke, and Ayanna K. Thomas’s research on retrieval practice protects memory against acute stress (2016)
- Doug Rohrer’s study on interleaving Helps Students Distinguish among Similar Concepts 2012
- Doug Rohrer, Robert F. Dedrick, and Sandra Stershic’s research on Interleaved practice improves mathematics learning (2015)
- Russell N. Carney, and Joel R. Levin’s research on pictorial Illustrations Still Improve Students' Learning from Text (2002)