Our Memory & Learning series continues with giant of the "science of effective study" world, Professor John Dunlosky. In today's must-listen episode, we discover: Why learning should be challenging A taxonomy for thinking about 10 popular study strategies - which work best, and for what? How to master "successive re-learning" Plus an expert's take on whether to use digital flashcards, dual coding, watching online video and more! Part of Memory & Learning series here on the Exam Study Expert podcast. Featured today: John's book "Study Like A Champ": https://geni.us/dunlosky John's ..read more

We're concluding our special "Teaching Learning Skills" mini-series this week with a case study on building a tutor time study skills programme. Packed with highly practical details, with today's special guest Katie Holmes. Follow Katie: @KatieEHolmes_, https://twitter.com/KatieEHolmes_ From your host: Retrieval buy-in lesson resource: >> https://ExamStudyExpert.com/retrieval-lesson Discover the Revision Census >> https://examstudyexpert.com/revision-census * Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious s ..read more

Memory & Learning series continues with Amarbeer Singh Gill, author of "Dunlosky's Strengthening The Student Toolbox In Action". We're unpacking some of less-known strategies from John Dunlosky's famous 2013 review of the most effective study strategies. Join us to learn when (and how) to use strategies like: Elaborative interrogation Self-explanation Mental imagery Summarisation Interleaving and other tips for studying maths Part of the Memory & Learning series here on the Exam Study Expert podcast this month. Dunlosky's Strengthening the Student Toolbox: https://files.eric.ed ..read more

We're kicking off a new series on Memory & Learning with a deep-dive into memory fundamentals. We're guided in this fascinating and illuminating conversation by Peps McCrea award-winning teacher educator and author.  Even if you're familiar with some of the basics, Peps has a wonderful way of using analogy to deepen your intuition about what's really going on when we learn and later recall information. With practical takeaways interspersed throughout, this episode is not to be missed! Discover Peps' work via: - Peps' website: https://pepsmccrea.com/ - "Evidence Snacks" email at ..read more

We're concluding our special "Teaching Learning Skills" mini-series this week with a case study on building a tutor time study skills programme. Packed with highly practical details, with today's special guest Katie Holmes. Follow Katie: @KatieEHolmes_, https://twitter.com/KatieEHolmes_ From your host: Retrieval buy-in lesson resource: >> https://ExamStudyExpert.com/retrieval-lesson Discover the Revision Census >> https://examstudyexpert.com/revision-census * Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious s ..read more

Today, we're continuing our special educator-focused mini series with a chance to step back and take stock of the rise of evidence-based practice in education.  Our headline guest today is founder of the researchED conference series, Tom Bennett OBE, and I'm joined towards the end of the episode by a couple of other recent guests giving their perspectives on the question of how far we've come in terms of getting evidence into education, and how we might develop further in this direction. Links and resources from today's headline guest (Tom Bennett): Tom's website / socials:  http ..read more

To kick off this week's special "for teachers" series, we're welcoming Dr Haili Hughes to talk about how to be an effective mentor to students in their study skills, and what good pedagogy for "learning to learn" should include. - Mentoring in Schools [book]: https://geni.us/haili* - Follow Haili @HughesHaili: https://twitter.com/HughesHaili * Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress. TEACHING RESOURCES: https://examstud ..read more

Today, we're continuing our special educator-focused mini series with a chance to step back and take stock of the rise of evidence-based practice in education.  Our headline guest today is founder of the researchED conference series, Tom Bennett OBE, and I'm joined towards the end of the episode by a couple of other recent guests giving their perspectives on the question of how far we've come in terms of getting evidence into education, and how we might develop further in this direction. * Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach ..read more

To kick off this week's special "for teachers" series, we're welcoming Dr Haili Hughes to talk about how to be an effective mentor to students in their study skills, and what good pedagogy for "learning to learn" should include. - Mentoring in Schools [book]: https://geni.us/haili* - Follow Haili @HughesHaili: https://twitter.com/HughesHaili * Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress. TEACHING RESOURCES: https://examstud ..read more

Today, we're kicking off a series on my favourite of all topics, the science of learning and memory and how to apply it. To lay the ground work, I'm welcoming Peps McCrea back to the podcast, for a 101 on the fundamentals of memory. Even if you're familiar with some of the basics, Peps has a wonderful way of using analogy to deepen your intuition about what's really going on when we learn and later recall information. Discover Peps' work via: - Peps' website: https://pepsmccrea.com/ - "Evidence Snacks" email at: https://snacks.pepsmccrea.com/ - Memorable Teaching [book] at: https://geni.u ..read more