Retrieval Practice or Teaching for More Effective Learning

Retrieval Practice or Teaching for More Effective Learning “While we teach, we learn.” Seneca the Younger The practice of having students learn by teaching became popular in the 19th century, most often due to lack of resources. In an attempt to educate the masses with scant resources older children would teach the younger children what they had already learned. Although not fully understood the benefits of learning by teaching have been proven by many studies. The latest research indicates that the act of "Retrieval Practice" or calling information to mind, strengthens our memories and improves retention and long term memory. When the mind has to work, the learning sticks better. How to use this information: Review the notes on a subject you have been taught and transfer them to a word processing application on your computer. Layout the information as if you are explaining the subject to a third party. Use spaced practice to study. Research shows that students who completed three short 10 minute learning sessions spaced over a few days retained more information than students who completed a single 30 minute learning session. Interleaving two or more subjects during practice can also provide a form of spacing, producing more primacy and recency events which improve retention. Produce a Mind Map from MEMORY on a subject you have been taught previously, set it out in a format as if you are going to teach someone else. Working from memory practices the retrieval process and strengthens the memory patterns of what you have been previously taught. From your notes add what you have forgotten to the Mind Map, this helps memory by association. Review the Mind Map and as you go through the information visualise and imagine that you are teaching the subject to another person or group. Find a "Learning Buddy" someone in your peer group that you can teach and pass on the knowledge and they can do the same for you with their knowledge. Set up a peer group and practice with regular knowledge transfer sessions. Use Flash Cards write the question on the front and the answer on the back, test yourself and your peer group, make two piles the correct and wrongly answered cards, then focus your review sessions on the incorrect answers. For more information on study techniques, download the summary of our book Learning Expert from the link below this video. To find out more about our training courses go to www.novalead.co.uk Or call us on 08456 170 697 Novalead Success Through People Development Leaning Expert FREE Summary: https://www.novalead.co.uk/learning-e... #teaching #learning #retrieval #practice #primacy #recency #mindmap