I normally have one advice for students and that is,"Just KNOW it".And the best way to test one's knowledge is to test one's self by writing out questions and answering them.Whereas students like getting pointers about study skills,there is a danger that students may attribute their success to the methodology.It is essential that they really have to practice is "outpit" and the quality and quantity of encoding specificity are only one aspect,but no amount of encoding specificity will be adjunctive if the students do not practice output. Interestingly enough,encoding specificity has an impact on storage. Auditory verbal encoding are more likely to faciltate storage and consequently output.The same room study and test paradigm may not be critical.As a matter of fact it could be a mis-attribution. I subscribe to the notion that intelligence has lots to do with the ability to ward off distractions.A student who is cognitively able to study in a very noisy cafeteria probably comprehends better than in a quiet library. Telling students to Just KNOW it and stressng praticing "output" are more congruent with the reality of learning.After all it is output we test,input and storage are hypothetical.
Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=4669 or send a blank email to leave-4669-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
