Three of the following strategies should help students remember classroom subject matter over the long run. Considering guidelines presented in the textbook, which one will not help them?
a. Reviewing the material periodically over the course of several days or weeks.
b. Engaging in meaningful learning by relating the material to a situation in which they are likely to use it.
c. Preventing interference by learning each piece of information at a different time.
d. Elaborating by drawing inferences from the things they study.
Question 2
Which one of the following statements is consistent with the textbook's recommendations for promoting retrieval?
a. Teach students how to create and use their own retrieval cues.
b. Show students how to use the keyword method to help them remember lists of 10 items or more.
c. Spend approximately two-thirds of each class day reviewing things that students already know.
d. At the secondary school level, always use essay tests rather than multiple-choice tests.
Brain scans showing the white-matter pathways involved in everyday learning:
Students in class
Easy way to remember blood flow through the heart cardio
Clever way to remember the first few digits of Pi
High school students shopping at the mall
Students pointing at a computer screen