How can we reduce student anxiety?

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How can we reduce student anxiety?

Retrieval is great. But how do I get my students on board? We know that retrieval practice is a learning strategy, not an assessment strategy, but our students may feel otherwise. How can we "package" retrieval practice for our students? How can we flip retrieval practice from a negative to a positive? This week, we share research and our recommendations on reducing students' anxiety.

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Push beyond "one and done"

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Push beyond "one and done"

So far, we've focused on retrieval practice – improving learning by bringing information to mind. But when and how often? Is more retrieval practice better than less? This week, we feature research on successive relearning. In a nutshell, successful relearning is a combination of engaging in retrieval practice multiple times, while also spacing those retrievals out over time.

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Three tools you can use

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Three tools you can use

Welcome to the new year! Here are three "tools you can use" to unleash learning:

  1. Visit our library to download our Retrieval Practice Guide and our Interleaving Guide

  2. Check out our email archive for our favorite research, resources, and tips

  3. Get to know Digital Promise, a fantastic organization that's advancing education by increasing access to cognitive science research

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Make it Stick with our downloads and resources

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Make it Stick with our downloads and resources

The book Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning presents robust findings from rigorous laboratory and classroom research on powerful learning strategies. Check out our webpage of chapter summaries, downloadable sketches, and recommended research articles dedicated to Make it Stick.

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