Six Strategies for Effective Learning Bookmarks
Content by Yana Weinstein (University of Massachusetts Lowell) & Megan Smith (Rhode Island College) | Illustrations by Oliver Caviglioli (teachinghow2s.com/cogsci)
Funding provided by the APS Fund for Teaching and Public Understanding of Psychological Science
LEARN TO STUDY USING… LEARN TO STUDY USING… LEARN TO STUDY USING… LEARN TO STUDY USING…
Interleaving Interleaving Interleaving Interleaving
SWITCH BETWEEN IDEAS SWITCH BETWEEN IDEAS SWITCH BETWEEN IDEAS SWITCH BETWEEN IDEAS
WHILE YOU STUDY WHILE YOU STUDY WHILE YOU STUDY WHILE YOU STUDY
TOPIC TOPIC TOPIC TOPIC
A A A A
TOPIC TOPIC TOPIC TOPIC
B B B B
TOPIC TOPIC TOPIC TOPIC
C C C C
HOW TO DO IT HOW TO DO IT HOW TO DO IT HOW TO DO IT
1 Switch between ideas 1 Switch between ideas 1 Switch between ideas 1 Switch between ideas
during a study session. during a study session. during a study session. during a study session.
Don’t study one Don’t study one Don’t study one Don’t study one
idea for too long. idea for too long. idea for too long. idea for too long.
Go back over the ideas 1 Go back over the ideas Go back over the ideas Go back over the ideas
again in different again in different again in different again in different
orders to strengthen orders to strengthen orders to strengthen orders to strengthen
your understanding. your understanding. your understanding. your understanding.
Make links between Make links between Make links between Make links between
different ideas as you different ideas as you different ideas as you different ideas as you
switch between them. switch between them. switch between them. switch between them.
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