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Application of Evidence-Based Strategies in Teaching and Learning

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PSYCH 738

Explore how research from Cognitive Psychology can inform effective study strategies.

Typically Available
Spring

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What you can learn.

Understand how we think we learn versus how we actually learn
Discover effective study strategies
Recognize when knowledge is gained and when it is not
Explore different types of learning strategies that are supported by evidence
Address learning style myths

About This Course

Learners explore how research from Cognitive Psychology can inform effective study strategies. In our first session, we discuss participants' prior knowledge about learning and how evidence-based strategies, such as retrieval practice and spacing, can sometimes be unintuitive for learners. In a second session, participants are invited to discuss how they can apply those strategies in the specific contexts of classes they're teaching or material/skills they're learning. Teachers and learners of all kinds are welcome.