Education Law

Learn by doing

We learn better by doing than by reading. Close the book, recall, write it down. Researchers say that old study method works, and it works well.

Reading is indispensable in learning, but it?s in the actual doing that we truly learn. The  Chronicle for Higher Education reports that the best way to study for an exam is not to read and re-read, but to put the book down, try to recall what you read, then write it down. It is much more effective.

Re-reading is a much more common practice though. That strategy feels intuitively right to students. However, our mind is much more likely to retain information using active recall. So maybe Nike has it right. Just do it.

Full post as published by BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog on May 07, 2009 (boomark / email).