by Dr. Charlotte Forrest | Oct 14, 2018 | Education, Research, Users
What is retrieval? A lot of attention has been paid over the years to how memories are formed. But this is only part of remembering. As well as creating a memory you also need to be able to get it out. This process is known as retrieval (Tulving & Thomson, 1973)....
by Dr. Charlotte Forrest | Oct 14, 2018 | Education, Research, Users
Why you should space and interleave your learning…. It may seem very tempting to leave all your revision to the last minute and just cram it in. But this isn’t the best way to get the most out of your brain. For about a hundred years psychologists have known...
by Dr. Charlotte Forrest | Oct 4, 2018 | Research, Teachers, Tutors, Users
Japan has one of the best education systems in the world. One aspect of their success may be down to their belief that what grade you can achieve is a matter of effort and very little to do with your genetics (Crehan, 2016). From a very young age, this idea is...
by Dr. Charlotte Forrest | Sep 4, 2018 | Research, Students, Teachers, Tutors
We’re not testing you – we’re helping you remember…. After each learn page on Get My Grades there is an opportunity for you to test yourself. As a researcher into learning and memory I strongly recommend that you do! And here’s why…. Some findings in psychology...
by Dr. Charlotte Forrest | Aug 20, 2018 | Research, Teachers, Tutors, Users
Why you should follow the links…. For Students You’ve sat down to use Get My Grades to learn about a specific topic e.g. Hormones and so you decide to start with ‘adrenaline’, but then you see a link to learn more about ‘the brain’ so you follow it. And from there...
