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February 21, 2013

What Wasn't Taught in School: How to Learn

Neurobonkers, Big Think


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A paper published in Psychological Science in the Public Interest has evaluated ten techniques for improving learning, ranging from mnemonics to highlighting and came to some surprising conclusions.

The report is quite a heavy document so I’ve summarised the techniques below based on the conclusions of the report regarding effectiveness of each technique.

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TAGGED: Reading, psychology, education, learning

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