Retrieval Practice According to Dr. Pooja Agarwal, a cognitive scientist and expert on how students learn, retrieval practice is “a learning strategy where we focus on getting information out of ...

After reviewing more than 100 years of research on learning, authors of a new paper say combining two strategies -- spacing and retrieval practice -- is key to success.

Though a small study of 48 students, this classroom experiment is a good example of the power of what cognitive scientists call “spaced retrieval practice,” in which the act of remembering ...

Combining two strategies—spacing and retrieval practice—is key to success in learning, says Shana Carpenter. Carpenter, a professor of psychology at Iowa State University, is the lead author ...

Active Learning: Practice at Retrieval By David G. Brown 10/02/01 Last summer at the 26th International Conference on Improving College and University Teaching, in Johannesburg, South Africa, I was ...

This introduction to the special issue provides an overview of the role of practice in a second language (L2) from both pedagogical and theoretical perspectives. The following 5 areas of research are ...

Researchers have shown that retrieval practice can improve memory in individuals with severe traumatic brain injury. Despite the small sample size, it was clear that retrieval practice was ...

Kessler Foundation researchers have shown that retrieval practice can improve memory in individuals with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).