'How We Learn' Quiz

True or False?

(And there is one trick question…of course.)

1. I t is most effective for students to have one consistent time and place for study.
2. Studying a new concept right after you learn it doesn’t deepen memory much.
3. Cramming works.
4. Changing the venue for studying can improve ‘retrieval strength’—the ability to remember the content studied—by as much as 40%.
5. Guessing wrongly when studying tends to interfere with later recall.
6. Attempting to communicate what you’ve learned is 20-30% more powerful than reviewing an outline.
7. Giving the mind a break when stuck is counter-productive—it’s best to just ‘power-through’ problems.
8. People often remember more of what they’ve left incomplete.
9. Varied practice of many related items is more effective than concentrating on one skill.
10.  Interrupted and scrambles practice sessions lead to less learning over time than focused and uninterrupted study. 

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    'How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens', by Benedict Carey

    See here for a summary of the chapters and recommendations from 'How We Learn'. This is a resource we used at Veritas during a recent professional development day.