In my previous blog, I presented a scientific protocol for breaking through the 2000-word barrier in one month. It is a strategy that combines the phonological loop, retrieval practice, spaced ...

This approach aligns with decades of research showing that elaborative encoding strengthens understanding and retention. Although flashcards-plus improved students’ ability to accurately evaluate ...

Introduction The experience of stressful events can alter brain structures involved in memory encoding, storage and retrieval. Here we review experimental research assessing the impact of the ...

Researchers need to focus on the feasibility and appropriateness of a chosen research question for their investigations (1). The FINER method, invoked by Brian Hulley, aims at constructing and ...

1 Institute for Language Materials Development, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China. 2 College of Humanities, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, South Korea. 3 School of ...

You teach a lesson that lights up the room. Students are nodding and hands are flying up, and afterward you walk out thinking, “They got it. They really got it.” And then, the next week, you ask a ...

People have the right to be involved in discussions and make informed decisions about their care, as described in NICE's information on making decisions about your care. Making decisions using NICE ...

For the most part, students aren’t good at picking the best learning strategies—in study after study, they opt for the path of least resistance, selecting the strategies that provide an immediate ...