I Learned Mental Math In 40 Hours
Watch me put research-based learning principles to the test as I learn mental arithmetic. I use testing, lots of relevant, deliberate practice with feedback, spaced practice, interleaving, and review to learn to become as good at mental math as I can in 40 hours.
0:00 An introduction
0:20 The plan
1:08 How I apply the science of learning
3:29 My first diagnostic test
4:20 Reflections after ten hours
5:06 I'm noticing patterns
6:23 How to use practice tests to learn
8:47 Ten hour mark test
9:17 Next steps
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REFERENCES:
For a readable introduction to interleaving in math from the teacher’s perspective, see: http://pdf.retrievalpractice.org/Inte....
For more background on interleaving (like so many of these principles, it get’s complicated), see: Firth, J., Rivers, I., & Boyle, J. (2021). A systematic review of interleaving as a concept learning strategy. Review of Education, 9(2), 642-684. https://bera-journals.onlinelibrary.w...
For more on spaced practice, see: Latimier, A., Peyre, H., & Ramus, F. (2021). A meta-analytic review of the benefit of spacing out retrieval practice episodes on retention. Educational Psychology Review, 33(3), 959-987. http://www.lscp.net/persons/ramus/doc...
For evidence supporting the “keep testing learned items” idea, see this classic: Karpicke, J. D., & Roediger III, H. L. (2008). The critical importance of retrieval for learning. science, 319(5865), 966-968. http://psychnet.wustl.edu/memory/wp-c...
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