The document discusses the importance of retrieval practice in learning. It notes that retrieval practice leads to deeper and more durable learning when it is effortful. For retrieval practice to be most effective, it must be repeated in spaced out sessions so that recall requires cognitive effort rather than becoming rote memorization. Reflection is also a form of retrieval practice that can strengthen learning by retrieving past knowledge and connecting it to new experiences.

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Retrieval Practice
The importance of retrieval practice in learning

3. Chapter 2
To Learn, Retrieve

4. The
Testing
Effect
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5. 2. We are poor
judges of when
we are learning well
and when we
are not.
the forgetting curve

6. spaced repetition
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7. To be most effective, retrieval must be repeated
again and again, in spaced out sessions so that
the recall, rather than becoming a mindless
recitation, requires some cognitive effort.
(Brown, et al. 2014)

8. 1. Learning is deeper
and more durable
when it is …
effortful
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10. generation e
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11. Re
fl
ection is a form of practice

12. 1. retrieve knowledge and earlier training
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13. 2. connect to new experiences
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14. 3. visualize /
mentally rehearse
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15. Reflection can involve several cognitive activities
that lead to stronger learning: retrieving knowledge
and earlier training from memory, connecting these
to new experiences, and visualizing and mentally
rehearsing what you might do differently next time.
(Brown, et al. 2014)

16. Retrieval practice …
•leads to durable, long-term learning
•should be e
ff
ortful
•should be repeated
•should be spaced out
•can be done independently