Abdul Limbada, Teacher of Computing, RS and MFL, Eden Boys’ Leadership Academy, Manchester, UK
Richard Mayer’s (2018) book on how to become a successful learner offers study habits that will boost learning outcomes by helping students to master new material. Some of these are discussed below in relation to classroom practice. The following 10 learning strategies or ‘habits’ are particularly effective: 1. (Focused) re-reading
6. Drawing (of simple diagrams) 2. (Minimal) highlighting
7. Self-testing (or retrieval practice) 3. Pre-teaching (of keywords)
8. Self-explaining 4. Summarising
9. Teaching 5. (Graphical) mapping
10. Enacting Habit 1: Re-reading
Students should re-read only the most difficult parts of the text. Many will re-read the whole text or one chapter two or three times and think they know it, but this just gives an illusion of knowledge, as familiarity with an ide
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