Hear what students, teachers and our Partners are saying
What is your best study strategy?
Throughout the term, I use the quick review method as it allows me to quickly retrieve information from previous weeks and, hence, reference my older content to better understand the topic. It becomes easier to focus on my weaknesses and harder questions prior to an exam. I believe the strength of this strategy is the ability to spread work evenly throughout the term.
The A Learner’s Toolkit is life-changing for some of our students. I can see the changes in some of them – both attitude and academic result wise. I feel privileged to be involved and to be able to see the development.
The cognitive science evidence base provides well-established principles about learning and memory that have direct relevance and high potential for classroom teaching and learning. However, relatively limited applied research is conducted in realistic educational settings and exploring educational variables relating to teachers, students, and the curriculum. In short, we have strong evidence about principles for effective learning, but weak evidence about how this can be applied and embedded in practice. A Learner’s Toolkit represents pioneering work in this area, translating learning science principles into specific resources and practices that learners and teacher can use throughout the curriculum. The initial results are highly encouraging. They also show that imparting knowledge of effective strategies is not enough. Strategies must be integrated into the curriculum, and teachers and learners need time, commitment and support as they learn to apply the strategies and make lasting changes to their thinking and behaviour.
