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- SEVEN RECOMMENDATIONS
- 1. Space learning over time. 2. Interleave worked example solutions w/ problem-solving exercises 3. Combine graphics w/ verbal descriptions. 4. Connect & integrate abstract and concrete representations of concepts. 5. Uses quizzing to promote learning 6. Help students allocate study time efficiently 7. Ask deep explanatory questions
- RECOMMENDATION 1
- - SPACE STUDY SESSIONS - WORSE TO SPACE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER
- RECOMMENDATION 2
- - PROBLEM SETS SHOULD BE INTERLEAVED, W/ AN EXAM. ? AND ITS SOLUTION, FOLLOWED BY A SIMILAR QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED & THEN ANOTHER EXAMPLE ? OF INCR. DIFFICULTY
- RECOMMENDATION 3
- - VERBAL DESCRIPTIONS - BETTER TO PRESENT PICTURE & GIVE AUDIBLE DESCRIPTION (OPPOSED TO W/ TEXT) - MORE DETAILS CAN CAUSE CONFUSION; KEEP SIMPLE & ABSTRACT
- RECOMMENDATION 4
- - ABSTRACT LEARNING BETTER FOR REMEMBERING CONCEPTS LATER ON AND BEING ABLE TO RECOGNIZE & USE THE IDEA IN A NEW CONTEXT - CONCRETE LEARNING BETTER FOR QUICK LEARNING OF THE CONCEPT
- CONCRETENESS FADING
- INITIAL LEARNING W/ A REPRESENTATION OCCURS, & THEN OVER TIME, KEY COMPONENTS OF THE CONRETE REPRESENTATION ARE REPLACES BY MORE IDEALIZED & ABSTRACT REPRRESENTATIONS
- SURFACE STRUCTURE
- - SUPERFICIAL - CONCRETE CONCEPT OR EXAMPLE
- DEEP STRUCTURE
- - CONCEPT'S MEANING; ABSTRACT REPRESENTATION
- RECOMMENDATION 5
- - PRE-QUESTIONS TO INTRO NEW TOPIC *PRE?S REDUCE LEARNING OF NON-QUEST. MATERIAL - QUIZZES TO RE-EXPOSE STUDENT *TESTING EFFECT
- TESTING EFFECT
- TAKING A TEST ON STUDIED MATERIAL PROMOTES REMEMBERING
- RECOMMENDATION 6
- - 3 CONICAL FEATURES: TEST AFTER MEANINGFUL DELAY, CUE-ONLY, JUDGE HOW LIKELY THEY ARE TO GET CORRECT ANSWER - USE TESTS & QUIZZES TO ID CONTENT THAT NEEDS TO BURNED
- RECOMMENDATION 7
- - DEEP EXPLANATIONS - HOW? AND WHY?