Roddy Roediger, PhD, is a psychology researcher, distinguished professor and Dean of Academic Planning at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the co-author of Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning and has edited or co-edited ten other books.

His research has centered on human learning and memory and he has published about 300 articles and chapters, mostly on various aspects of cognitive processes involved in remembering. His recent research has focused on illusions of memory (how we sometimes remember events differently from the way they actually occurred); effects of testing memory (how retrieving events from memory can change their representation, often making them more likely to be retrieved in the future).

WE DISCUSS:

How cognitive psychology defines learning
Common misconceptions about learning
How re-reading and review doesn't work for retention
Why retrieval practice works
How higher order thinking skills integrate with retrieval practice
Retrieval practice and learning transfer
Simulations
Study groups
Interleaved and spaced practice versus massed practice
Memory consolidation
Benefits of making learning difficult
Neuroplasticity

TIME: 35 minutes

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RESOURCES:

Roddy Roediger's Washington University page
Retrieval Practice Website
Make It Stick on Amazon
Make It Stick Website
SuperMemo
Knowledge Factor




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