2.43 – Cognition, Memory, and Education

摘要: Based on findings in basic memory and comprehension research, we note implications for enhancing acquisition of factual information. For each implication, identify techniques that could be implemented to assist students’ material fact-laden courses. We evaluate the potential effectiveness those education practice by reviewing translational research uses educationally relevant materials test tasks. Specifically, extending discuss from rote repetition (rereading text), elaboration (elaborative interrogation, advanced organizers, imagery mnemonics), desirable difficulty (creating interference, spacing, generation). suggest a contextualistic framework understanding when is not desirable, including considerations transfer-appropriate processing, material-appropriate individual learner differences. Building comprehensive, study methods are sensitive differences, improve successful inferencing, principled text revisions enhance comprehension. The final section touches mnemonic benefits retrieval discusses recent demonstrating value using repeated testing learning (i.e., performance criterial tests). discussed this chapter supports efforts apply cognition educational practice.