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Meaningful Learning


Memory Retention and the Forgetting Curve
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I have long had a rule that my students must "touch" our learning at least five times before their final exam.  To add to this I strive, as much as possible, to have my students learn through interacting with the materials (ie I facilitate and they do and therefore learn better).  Finally, as stated above, good learning involves connecting as much as possible to the learner.  When we do my reviews of the year, one thing that students repeatedly state they find helpful is when I connect the learning to their own lives.  All of these thoughts are reflected above.  




- So I Am Published
Well the book, Deeper Learning Through Technology, is at the warehouse and after a quick look see (don't ask me I only work here), it will be shipped to anyone who wants it.  So you will be getting pieces of my book on my blogs in hope that you...

- More Ideas For Good Learning
This presentation adds to the posts I have done on the book, How We Learn.  It repeats the thought that we learn best when we have breaks.  Indeed the technique Barbara Oakley mentions is 25 minutes of focused attention (no texting, looking...

- Mastery Learning Discussion And Examples
I believe watching my own children grow has helped to make me a better teacher.  For example my son is a very good gamer, but he is also very good at failing.  By that I mean he is willing to fail as many times as it takes to master a game...

- Become An Ap Grader
I have been grading different AP exams for well over a decade and have found it one of the most rewarding experiences of my professional life.  Yes it does get hard the fourth and fifth day of grading the same exam over and over (well some subjects...

- Learning Through Spatial Organization
Any good teacher will tell you that students learn best when connecting items together rather than when learning one after the other.  Thus studying vocab words by themselves is less effective than using them (as do my 4th grade daughters) to tell...



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