Effective Learning Strategies for Students

Explore insightful research-backed strategies to enhance students' learning and retention, such as spaced practice, interleaving techniques, and active studying methods. Gain valuable advice for both teachers and students on optimizing homework assignments and study habits to foster long-term academic success.

• Learning strategies
• Student retention
• Effective teaching
• Academic success
• Study habits

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1. Making it Stick Helping Students Learn for the Long Term DAREN STARNES THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL

2. The genesis of this talk

3. Building Better Batters If a college baseball coach wants his players to hit better, how should he run batting practice? (a) Have them hit 15 fastballs, then 15 curve balls, then 15 change ups (b) Have them hit a random assortment of 45 pitches consisting of 15 fastballs, 15 curve balls, and 15 change ups?

4. Building Better Batters: The Results CONTEXTUAL INTERFERENCE EFFECTS WITH SKILLED BASEBALL PLAYERS "' KELLIE GREEN HALL, DEREK A. DOMINGUES, RICHARD CAVAZOS California Polytechnic State University

5. Increasing Student Retention If a high school/college teacher wants her students to learn and retain key ideas better, how should she assign homework? (a) Give 5 problems tonight on solving systems by substitution, 5 problems tomorrow on solving systems by graphing, and 5 problems the next night on solving systems by linear combination. (b) Give an assortment of problems that involve solving systems using substitution, graphing, and linear combination.

6. Advice for Teachers Design homework assignments to include more spaced and interleaved practice rather than steady doses of massed practice. Give frequent, short, low-stakes assessments (aka quizzes) that give students retrieval practice. Learning is stronger when it matters. Try to give students a personal connection to the subject matter

7. Advice for Students 1. Active practice beats passive review. Do less re-reading and more self testing. Beware the illusion of knowing . 2. Spaced and interleaved practice beats massed practice. But it feels more difficult. 3. Learning is hard. If things come easy, you probably aren t learning much.

8. Want to learn more? Read Make It Stick! Talk to Adam Yankay or watch his presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wasVsczM2E