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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Science Learning Easier When Students Put Down Textbooks and Actively Recall Information

Science Learning Easier When Students Put Down Textbooks and Actively Recall Information
Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:58:00 -0600

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Put down those science text books and work at recalling information from memory. That's the shorthand take away message of new research from Purdue University that says practicing memory retrieval boosts science learning far better than elaborate study methods.

"Our view is that learning is not about studying or getting knowledge 'in memory,'" said Purdue psychology professor Jeffrey Karpicke, the lead investigator for the study that appears today in the journal ...

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