When students are asked to remember and explain relevant knowledge just before applying it, they arrive at a more concrete ...

Learning by taking practice tests, a strategy known as retrieval practice, can protect memory against the negative effects of stress, report scientists. Learning by taking practice tests, a strategy ...

Today, we’ve asked Robert A. Bjork to share his tip of the week. This is the last in a four-part series on learning. You can read the first one here, the second here, and the third here. Years ago, ...

Brain injury researchers have identified retrieval practice as a useful strategy for improving memory among children and adolescents with traumatic brain injury, researchers have found. Difficulties ...