PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Evernote
24 Oct 2016
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If you want to drive, you can learn theory all you want but you actually need to get in the car to learn to drive. Durable learning is long game academics: if you cram, you will have to learn stuff in order to do well on nal exam. Cramming for some activities is ineffective (running, other motor activities: spacing study across days is better than cramming for the same study time. One group studies 8 times before the test, the other group studies two times every 4 days before the test: results > 40% difference in memory retention. Testing retrieval practice in real world, students in large section had key concepts from. 8 units, 32 successive relearning, 32 were new. Successive learning > initial learning + 3 relearning sessions studied through. Ashcards: memory is retained even more after the test if study is spaced not crammed, retrieval practice in tutorial this week (jeopardy)
