by Get My Grades | Oct 14, 2018 | Education, Research, Users
The research on feedback is more mixed than you might think. You might have thought that feedback was a no-brainer – but psychologists have actually found that taking a test even without feedback has benefits over just re-reading. And actually, the benefits of...
by Dr. Charlotte Forrest | Oct 14, 2018 | Education, Research, Users
What is the myth of Dale’s Cone of Experience? Although not as widespread as some of the other learning myths, if you put the search term ‘Dale’s Cone of Experience’ into google you receive a myriad of pages supporting it. These even include pages from university...
by Dr. Charlotte Forrest | Oct 14, 2018 | Education, Research, Users
What is retrieval? A lot of attention has been paid over the years to how memories are formed. But this is only part of remembering. As well as creating a memory you also need to be able to get it out. This process is known as retrieval (Tulving & Thomson, 1973)....
by Dr. Charlotte Forrest | Oct 14, 2018 | Education, Research, Users
Why you should space and interleave your learning…. It may seem very tempting to leave all your revision to the last minute and just cram it in. But this isn’t the best way to get the most out of your brain. For about a hundred years psychologists have known...
by Dr. Charlotte Forrest | Oct 4, 2018 | Research, Teachers, Tutors, Users
Japan has one of the best education systems in the world. One aspect of their success may be down to their belief that what grade you can achieve is a matter of effort and very little to do with your genetics (Crehan, 2016). From a very young age, this idea is...
by Dr. Charlotte Forrest | Sep 4, 2018 | Research, Students, Teachers, Tutors
We’re not testing you – we’re helping you remember…. After each learn page on Get My Grades there is an opportunity for you to test yourself. As a researcher into learning and memory I strongly recommend that you do! And here’s why…. Some findings in psychology...
