The best way to study for a test


Cognitive Daily dances through the research with alacrity, pointing to some research-approved methods for studying to do well on tests.

The best way? Greta and Dave Munger, the authors at Cognitive Daily, show the results that say students should study, take a month off, then study again. Cramming the night before has extremely limited benefits.

Can you apply that in class? Will your students listen to you?

The No Child Left Behind Act makes rumblings about using only research-proven methods in the classroom. If anyone ever enforces that clause, this post at Cognitive Daily better be your most visited site on the web. (They have other links, too. See “The Science of Cramming.”)

And, maybe we ought to stay up on the issue — the Mungers posted that information way back in August . . .

This entry was posted on Friday, December 7th, 2007 at 9:46 pm and is filed under Education, Education assessment, No Child Left Behind Act, Testing. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to The best way to study for a test

  1. sara's avatar sara says:
    September 6, 2008 at 1:38 pm

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  2. TXsaron's avatar TXsaron says:
    December 8, 2007 at 9:01 am

    Oops! Wrong link. Try this one It links to a Chris Comer interview on NPR. Blood pressure warning should be issued.

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    December 8, 2007 at 8:58 am

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