Improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques
@article{Dunlosky2013ImprovingSL, title={Improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques}, author={John Dunlosky and Katherine A. Rawson and Elizabeth J. Marsh and Mitchell J. Nathan and Daniel T. Willingham}, journal={Psychological Science in the Public Interest}, year={2013}, volume={14}, pages={4 - 58} }
Many students are being left behind by an educational system that some people believe is in crisis. Improving educational outcomes will require efforts on many fronts, but a central premise of this monograph is that one part of a solution involves helping students to better regulate their learning through the use of effective learning techniques. Fortunately, cognitive and educational psychologists have been developing and evaluating easy-to-use learning techniques that could help students…
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