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Self-regulated learning #88 (Jiahui)
• popular revision strats: rereading (75%), flashcards (40%), self-testing (46%)
• spaced repetition v cramming
• 61% are motivated by deadlines rather than weaknesses
• growth mindset = intrinsic motivation
- p. 180-181

Dual-Coding: Pictures & Words
• 50% better than words, pictures, or words then pictures, unless tested in verbal recall
• combines visual & verbal areas of the brain
• Maths: models, area & perimeter, angles, graphs
• revision & examination skills: drawing own diagrams?
• English: story mountain approach
- p. 86-87

#28 Asking Why (elaborative interrogation)
- Students who’re asked to think about their explanation to a fact remembered 2x as much (71%) as those who heard a teacher explain instead (35%), or received none (37%).
- However, this works better if they’ve prior knowledge; so, this works better with HALs toward a unit’s end.
- Use child-friendly P2P explanations instead; however, teachers must check accuracy.

Study #36: Academic Streaming
+: Efficiency and Focus, Increased confidence, Resource Optimisation
-: Labelling effect (self-fulfilling prophecy), Lowering of standards, Homogeneity
Aware of students’ prior knowledge
-teach according to needs
-Streaming reinforces hierarchy
Put right teacher
Data collection
Math & Science-streaming -better
National grouping necessary
Streaming has improved

7 topics:
1. Memory
2. Mindset, motivation, resilience
3. Self-regulation & metacognition
4. Student behaviours
5. Teacher attitudes, expectations, and behaviours
6. Parents
7. Thinking biases
- p. 3