High school students are not being prepared with the appropriate skills and knowledge necessary to excel after graduation. In fact, only 1 in 4 high school students graduate college-ready. (Sheehy) Are the academic techniques used today the most effective they can be? In the book How We Learn by Benedict Carey, he details multiple studies about memory and learning; and provides insight on how these studies can be implemented to create more effective ways of learning. Using Carey’s techniques can drastically improve students overall success in high school and after graduation.
High school studying and learning techniques provide students with the necessary tools needed to succeed. The different skills that are taught to students can really …show more content…
Carey believes that “using memory changes memory–and for the better. Forgetting enables and deepens learning, by filtering out distracting information.” (40) Forgetting is undeniably inevitable. By limiting the amount of information needed to be forgotten, student would get much further academically. Teaching students only select theories and necessary concepts would allow them to retain more and have to forget less. Though forgetting is something that happens unintentionally, there are study practices that can be applied to assist with retaining that important information for a longer period of time.
Spacing out study time is a great way to insure the retention of information for a longer duration. Carey reveals “people learn at least as much, and retain it much longer, when they distribute–or “space”–their study time than when they concentrate it.” (65) Quote ch 5 (102). Info about spacing study sessions from ch4, and talk about how practicing from memory can improve test scores in ch5. Flow into how distractions can be
High school studying and learning techniques provide students with the necessary tools needed to succeed. The different skills that are taught to students can really …show more content…
Carey believes that “using memory changes memory–and for the better. Forgetting enables and deepens learning, by filtering out distracting information.” (40) Forgetting is undeniably inevitable. By limiting the amount of information needed to be forgotten, student would get much further academically. Teaching students only select theories and necessary concepts would allow them to retain more and have to forget less. Though forgetting is something that happens unintentionally, there are study practices that can be applied to assist with retaining that important information for a longer period of time.
Spacing out study time is a great way to insure the retention of information for a longer duration. Carey reveals “people learn at least as much, and retain it much longer, when they distribute–or “space”–their study time than when they concentrate it.” (65) Quote ch 5 (102). Info about spacing study sessions from ch4, and talk about how practicing from memory can improve test scores in ch5. Flow into how distractions can be