Take a LOAD OFF
The mental load used when learning something new.
What is cognative load?
Actively recalling information from memory
What is retrieval practice ?
The animal many of did not see.
What is a gorilla?
A teacher organizes information into bite size pieces of information. An example of this was when you were asked to recall the string of letters.
What is chunking?
A better alternative to cramming
What is spaced practice?
Kerry's Dog
Who is Cooper?
This can be described as a mental workspace.
What is working memory
Do not "drop" these too quickly.
What are flashcards
This summarises existing cognitive-science research on how students learn, and connects it to practical implications for teaching.
What is the SCIENCE of LEARNING?
Clearing slides of GIFS and FANCY FONTS helps manage this
What is extraneous load?
The graph that shows how quickly we may lose new information
What is the forgetting curve?
An educational psychologist who is best known for formulating an influential theory of cognitive load.
Who is John Sweller?
Information that is repeated in a way that doesn’t help learning and instead adds unnecessary mental effort
What is redundancy?
The THREE benifits that Pooja gave as reasons to encourage retrieval practice
What are
Use of lose
Desirable Difficulties
Increased Metacognition?
The music that was playing when you first came to class the first day.
What is piano?