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Teaching and learning with the curve in mind. The Curve of Forgetting. Our brains are designed to forget!. You will forget 40% of what you hear tonight 10 minutes after you leave. 80% will be gone by this time tomorrow. Implications. Start of the lesson – Review, Reflect
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The Curve of Forgetting Our brains are designed to forget! You will forget 40% of what you hear tonight 10 minutes after you leave. 80% will be gone by this time tomorrow
Implications • Start of the lesson – Review, Reflect • Study homework set – Revisit • Structure of the lesson – Lots of starts • End of the lesson – Cement the learning
Start - First 10 minutes Review/Reflect • In your review/revision/learning journal think about yesterday’s lesson – Jot down 3 things that you remember as important – Sometimes I do this verbally • Yesterday we talked about lighting – Write an essay question that would allow you to use the information you know • Jot down 2 things you need more information on • Test your memory – 2 quotes you remember • Imagine you have been asked to write an essay on….write the first paragraph Share and record
Pick one lesson from today – What could your 10 minute start to the lesson look like tomorrow
Study Homework set – 10-15 minutes Revisit • Create a cue card for …. • Do an essay plan for the following topic • Review your notes, highlight key words • Create essay question • Turn notes into a diagram or flowchart • Make a poster for your bedroom • Make up an acronym to remember information • Write out quotes – use 2 different colours – One for the really important words OR - Pre-reading for tomorrow’s lesson
Pick one lesson from today and set a 10-15 minute study session
Structure of the lesson – ‘starts’ – every 20 minutes STOP every 20 minutes or so and give them opportunities to reflect Even if they are just going on with an assignment
End of the lesson – cement 5-10 minutes • In pairs…… • Plan how you will revise this info tonight • As a class – quick verbal brainstorm of what you learned today • Reflect on yourself as a learner
Note taking Note making • Note Taking – Passive • Copying notes from the board • Taking down anything interesting they have heard Only the first step in the process – It must lead to note making • Note Making – Active • Reduce them • Highlight them • Transform them Must be regularly reviewed
What does the research say on note taking? Students who review in pairs achieve higher academic results Bligh 1998 Amount/quality of note taking/note making relates to higher academic achievement Brenton 1997
Now over to you • Note making – cement our learning • Highlight key words in your notes • Make notes on your notes • Review - tonight • Reflect on the information today and restructure one of your lessons for tomorrow with the curve in mind