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How does learning work and how do we remember?

Read the information below then scroll down for further sources of information. 

Further Information:

To Read:

 

This excellent article from Inner Drive summarises the key studies that have been done over the last 50 years, including the work of Ebbinghaus. Many of these are used by Copleston teachers to inform the strategies we use both inside and outside the classroom:

https://www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/teaching-learning-50-years/

This article is intended for teachers, but is a fascinating insight into the techniques we use in the classroom and how we learn:

https://my.chartered.college/impact_article/what-does-research-say-about-memory-and-what-can-we-do-to-enhance-long-term-learning-in-the-classroom/

To Listen:

This podcast from Exam Study Expert is all about understanding memory and learning:

More about memory:

To Watch:

How memories form and how we lose them, from Ted Ed:

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