AMES, IA – Whether you’re trying to ace a test or pick up a new hobby, Iowa State Psychology Professor Shana Carpenter says combining two strategies – spacing and retrieval practice – is key to ...

From active recall to time management, research shows that smarter, intentional study habits can dramatically improve grades and retention. Students who use spaced repetition, retrieval practice, and ...

(MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass., Nov. 24, 2016)--Learning by taking practice tests, a strategy known as retrieval practice, can protect memory against the negative effects of stress, report scientists from ...

Brain injury researchers have identified retrieval practice as a useful strategy for improving memory among children and adolescents with traumatic brain injury, researchers have found. Difficulties ...

Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) can be difficult to diagnose, despite the condition being more prevalent than autism spectrum disorder, representing roughly 7.5% of 5-year-olds in ...

Researchers have shown that retrieval practice can improve memory in individuals with severe traumatic brain injury. Despite the small sample size, it was clear that retrieval practice was superior to ...

Source: Nguyen Nguyen for Stocksnap, used with permission. Have you ever freaked out and forgotten everything you needed to know at the onset of an exam? A study published in the November 25, 2016 ...

Active recall is changing how anatomy and medical students retain complex material, replacing passive reading with memory-boosting retrieval practice. By combining this approach with spaced repetition ...

Today, we’ve asked Robert A. Bjork to share his tip of the week. This is the last in a four-part series on learning. You can read the first one here, the second here, and the third here. Years ago, ...