If you want students to retain the content you are teaching past the final exam, you should weave information retention and recall strategies into your classrooms. Adding these different strategies to your class will also increase student performance.
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Very often, how we teach is not in alignment with how the brain works. Fortunately, we can change how we share content as well as how we assess to ensure students are comprehending the material. Using information recall techniques will help students process information from sensory memory through short-term memory to long-term memory.
You can control for Ebbinghaus’ forgetting curve effect by intentionally using some of the information retention techniques that I share in this episode. Practicing information recall is a cornerstone to the success of this strategy.
This week, we are going to take a look at how memory works, strategies for increasing information retention, and specific ideas you and your students can use in your classroom.
Additional Reading
- ITC: 18 – Putting Test Pools to Work in Your Classroom
- ITC: 40 – How to Use Mastery Quizzes for Improved Student Performance
- ITC: 43 – Using Concept Maps in the Classroom
- Memory Strategies
- Using Flashcards
- Flashcards as an Aid to Memory
- Test-enhanced learning: Using retrieval practice to help students learn
- The critical role of retrieval practice in long-term retention
- Memorization Strategies
- Brain-based Techniques for Retention of Information
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