Studying With Quizzes Helps Make Sure the Material Sticks

iStock By Samara Freemark, American RadioWorks Roddy Roediger is a psychology professor at Washington University in St. Louis and runs the school’s Memory Lab. He’s been obsessed with studying how and why people remember things for four decades. About 20 years ago, Roediger was running an experiment on how images help people remember. When Roediger tested the three groups on the pictures a week later, there were huge differences in how much they each remembered. This phenomenon — testing yourself on an idea or concept to help you remember it — is called the “testing effect” or “retrieval practice.” But the testing effect had been mostly overlooked in recent years. Laypeople — and even experts — tend to think of human memory as a box to be packed with information. “What people neglected and didn’t think about was the ‘getting it out’ part,” Roediger said. Why does retrieval, or quizzing, slow forgetting and help us remember? “Memory is dynamic, and it keeps changing,” McDaniel said. Related

FLIPPED! The Small Steps of Democracy in a Flipped Classroom It is easy to think of “democracy” only in terms of the big things: a political system, all of our government officials, an enormous bureaucracy which often seems removed and slow-moving. But, it is also the small steps. Democracy is a reflection of the choices we each make daily about how we will interact with each other. For years, Facing History teachers have used a reading which shows this – an essay originally written by Jesus Colon as he reflected on a small moment in his own life, when stereotypes and societal expectations played a large role in the choice he made about interacting with others. His reflection provides an opportunity for all of us to think about the small opportunities for interaction presented by living in a democracy. We now have a high tech version of this lesson, thanks to a collaboration with Zaption. Do you teach in a “flipped” environment? Check out the tour here. Want to see more of our Zaption tours?

The 33 Digital Skills Every 21st Century Teacher should Have By EdTech Team Updated on march 2, 2015 : The original list that was created in 2011 comprised 33 skills , after reviewing it we decided to do some merging and finally ended up with the 20 skills below. The 21st century teacher should be able to : 1- Create and edit digital audio Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :Free Audio Tools for Teachers 2- Use Social bookmarking to share resources with and between learners Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill : A List of Best Bookmarking Websites for Teachers 3- Use blogs and wikis to create online platforms for students Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill : Great Tools to Create Protected Blogs and Webpages for your Class 4- Exploit digital images for classroom use Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :Web Tools to Edit Pictures without Installing any softwareTools to Convert Photos into Cartoons

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Nice! Nicky Hockley wrote something on the same topic for IATEFL news a while back. And I attended a webinar on the topic. by opassa Oct 22