{"id":963,"date":"2024-03-18T16:10:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T20:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/?p=963"},"modified":"2024-03-21T17:18:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T21:18:44","slug":"beyond-memorization-strategies-for-long-term-retention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/featured\/beyond-memorization-strategies-for-long-term-retention\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Memorization: Strategies for Long-Term Retention"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facultyfocus.com\/author\/ff-safiehmoghaddam\/\">Safieh Moghaddam, PhD, and Malama Tsimenis, PhD<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facultyfocus.com\/articles\/effective-teaching-strategies\/beyond-memorization-strategies-for-long-term-retention\">Full text here<\/a>. Excerpts below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How can we boost student learning retention in our courses? How can we help our students transform newly acquired information into long-term knowledge they can recall and activate in the future? Colleges and universities can be overwhelming for many students, especially first-year students, so building strategies to help them improve learning retention is essential. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/510\/2024\/03\/image-1024x691.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/510\/2024\/03\/image-1024x691.png 1024w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/510\/2024\/03\/image-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/510\/2024\/03\/image-768x518.png 768w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/510\/2024\/03\/image.png 1155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strategies to connect new information to prior knowledge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of these strategies include:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"1\">\n<li><strong>Brainstorming<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Concept\u00a0<\/strong><strong>m<\/strong><strong>aps<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Think-Pair-Share<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Do it like Socrates!\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Incorporate reflection activities<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Scaffold students\u2019 learning<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Try to connect new information to real-life experiences and examples that resonate with this generation of students<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peer and group-based strategies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"1\">\n<li><strong>Use the Jigsaw technique<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Foster a culture of debate<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gallery\u00a0<\/strong><strong>w<\/strong><strong>alk<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Peer instruction using audience-response systems<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strategies for assessing student retention<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"1\">\n<li><strong>Ticket-out-the-door<\/strong> \u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Self-<\/strong><strong>a<\/strong><strong>ssessment and\u00a0<\/strong><strong>r<\/strong><strong>eflection activities<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Frequent exercises and low-stake quizzes<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Safieh Moghaddam, PhD, and Malama Tsimenis, PhD Full text here. Excerpts below. How can we boost student learning retention in our courses? How can we help our students transform newly acquired information into long-term knowledge they can recall and activate in the future? 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