Your theory of knowledge refers to your beliefs about what knowledge is and how you get it. You may think you don’t have a theory of knowledge. But, even if you don’t regularly philosophize about the nature of knowledge you still have more or less implicit ideas about it. Think about the … [Read more...] about Your Theory of Knowledge Influences How You Learn

Memory exercises promise to help you get smarter by strengthening your memory. Students, teachers, and scientists are always on the lookout for memory exercises that really work. Many memory exercises focus on building up short-term memory, or working memory. These short-term memory exercises … [Read more...] about Retrieval Practice: A Memory Exercise with Surprising Benefits

One of the core ways we learn is by listening to lectures. We learn more when we take notes, especially when making use of good note taking strategies. Taking notes affords you with an external record of what was said. An incomplete record, by all means, but something you can look back at … [Read more...] about Strategies for Taking Notes on Computer

Learning styles has become a popular term to use when we talk about the idea that people have different ways of learning. The concept of learning styles has a lot of personal and political appeal. It comes in handy when we want to explain why we didn’t learn much from a class. “The teacher just … [Read more...] about Learning Styles Are Appealing But Misleading