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Students do forget things, we measure the effectiveness of the retrieval practice based upon how much they have remembered the learning material.  But forgetting doesn't mean that students have unlearned what they have learned. Neither learning is about how much you can recall from memory. Paul Hewitt Physics Yes, the best strategy to get a high score is retrieval practice. But high score relies on the ability to recall things, not test the actual learning. We need not have to do retrieval practice to do programming,  just re-reading and using the code is enough. The best way to learn to program is to use and apply it the hard way. The more you use it and apply better strategies, the more better your programming skill will be. The same principle applies to all subjects, whether its maths, physics, biology or philosophy. What is required is understanding of the subject, through strategies like the Feynman Technique. Understanding creates an index in your brain, which later can ...

Learning Objectives To convert Roman numbers to Hindu-Arabic numbers What are the big ideas that students have to learn? 1) Memorizing these Roman Symbols with their respective Hindu-Arabic value 2) When to do addition and when to do subtraction based upon the position of  Roman Symbols 1) Memorizing these Roman Symbols with their respective Hindu-Arabic value Without memorizing the mapping of Roman Symbols to its respective Hindu-Arabic value, students can't reach their learning outcomes. The mapping is very hard to memorize. So it's critical to provide them memory tricks for it. Kids usually know 1) I means 1 2) V means 5 3) X means 10 But what about other symbols, here are the memory tricks that students have to imagine. 4) L means 50 So tell them L means (L)ake, and Lake is half filled (50%) 5) C means 100 Tell them C means see and see is a full (100%) eye 6) D means 500 Choose a student whose name starts with D and give him/her a Rs 500 7) M means 1000 The child gave Rs 10...

Higher education must immediately stop obsolete blackboard teaching. Higher ed requires mentor and collaboration. What is obsolete blackboard teaching? [Lecturing is the] best way to get information from teacher’s notebook (mouth) to student’s notebook without touching the student’s mind.                                                                                         — George Leonard Patterns for bad practices of teaching, what is done in higher education, even best colleges. https://iambrainstorming.blogspot.in/2017/11/patterns-for-bad-practices-of-te...

Learning About Learning Resources https://github.com/amiyatulu/teacher_resources Textbook must cover six fundamental instructional strategies while presenting the information, defined by rigorous research. 1) Pairing graphics with words 2) Linking abstract concepts with concrete representations Why we face difficulty to remember abstract concepts? https://iambrainstorming.wordpress.com/2017/03/08/why-we-face-difficulty-to-remember-non-concrete-information/ 3)  Posing probing questions http://mrkempnz.com/2014/06/questioning-the-most-powerful-tool-in-the-classroom-an-action-research.html "What Makes a Great Question?" rubric Why, how, what if, how do you know, what are the evidences What if and why not helps you to find alternatives to a solution 4) Repeatedly alternating problems with their solutions provided and problems that students must solve. Solved example and unsolved problem  with steps of problem-solving strategy: 1) sort 2)strategize 3) solve and 4) check.  Che...