Active control of learning enhances event memory and concept acquisition, with benefits present early in childhood¶

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q2 i? Providing students the opportunity to actively control what and how to learn can enhance their event memory and facilitate acquisition of new concepts, with benefits present early in childhood and possibly increasing with age. → Fandakova 2016

Evidence¶

Fandakova 2016¶

Fandakova, Yana; Bunge, Silvia A. (2016). What Connections Can We Draw Between Research on Long-Term Memory and Student Learning? Mind, Brain and Education, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12123

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Review article (Markant et al.) of laboratory research on active control of learning, as summarized in this introduction. The review reports memory enhancements under active control, attributed to mechanisms such as adaptively selecting what to study and creating richer memory representations.

"In the first article of the special issue, Markant, Ruggeri, Gureckis, and Xu review laboratory-based research demonstrating that providing students with the opportunity to actively control whatandhowtolearncanenhancetheireventmemoryand facilitate the acquisition of new concepts."

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