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BBC News (Health) reported today on some recent research concerning the best and worst strategies for studying and revising material. In short they confirm that techniques such as highlighting or underlining have a low efficiency in terms of retention and utilisation. The article also provides a good comparison of the efficiency of a range of techniques.
The methods which scored either MODERATE or HIGH in efficiency include:
The Cornell Notes method which I described in a recent post is a great example of using multiple methods to improve efficiency, all wrapped up into one system. If applied in the manner in which it was designed you are using:
You can read the full BBC News story here. For educators who are interested, you can read the original research paper here.
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