Interleaving / interleaved practice is a powerful teaching & learning tool to build mastery of problems or skills faster. It’s one of the core skills I recommend when giving talks or coaching clients. Here’s how to do it effectively: Our mission is to...
Retrieval practice is, in my view, the single most powerful tool to build lasting knowledge in teaching and learning (I rate spaced learning as a close second). A curious peculiarity of our memory is that things are impressed better by active than by passive...
I’m a memory psychologist and study productivity expert, and have taught thousands of students how to study more effectively over the years. These are nothing more or less than the 51 all-time BEST simple, science-backed tips, tricks and hacks to help you...
I’m sharing a study psychologist’s ultimate guide to developing a truly phenomenal study routine. Unfortunately, there’s no perfect one-size-fits-all study routine. But, by learning how to interleave study sessions, breaks and rest, you’ll easily maximise...
For most of us, our memories have their limits! Chunking helps you overcome the natural limitations of your memory, and is therefore a very powerful trick for helping you to learn information and get it into memory. I’m sharing a wealth of “trade...
