This is what Dr Ashok Jansari, a cognitive neuropsychologist at Goldsmiths University is suggesting. Dr Jansari states that pupils do not retain well what they have learned by rote. Instead he recommends that students use the information immediately.
In what has been called the “testing effect”, testing students immediately after learning something has been shown to improve long-term retention of information. This has been reflected by a study of students in East Asia. Students who used learning strategies like elaboration performed better than those who learnt only by memorising information.
‘The act of “working with the information” straight after learning it “strengthens the memory process”, Jansari explained.’
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Dave Horn
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