6 study habits for the perfect learning environment
This is the 2nd video in a 3-part series about study habits based on Richard Mayer's book, How to be a Successful Student. In this video, we look at the opportunities to create the perfect learning environment using study habits.
Part 1 video about motivation to learn - • Boost your learning motivation with these ...
Research
Time habit
Ebbinghaus, H. (1885/1964). Memory . Dover.
Ericsson, A., & Pool, R. (2016). Peak: Secrets from the science of expertise. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
van Gog, T. (2013). Time on task. In J. Hattie & E. M. Anderman
(Eds.), International guide to student achievement (pp. 432–433). Routledge.
Spacing habit
Brown, P. C., Roediger, H. L., & McDaniel, M. A. (2014). Make it
stick: The science of successful learning. Harvard University Press.
Dunlosky, J., Rawson, K. A., Marsh, E. J., Nathan, M. J., &
Willingham, D. T. (2013). Improving students’ learning with
effective techniques: Promising directions from cognitive and
educational psychology. Psychological Science in the Public
Interest, 14 (1), 4–58.
Interleaving habit
Kornell, N., & Bjork, R. A. (2008). Learning concepts and categories:
Is spacing the “enemy of induction”? Psychological Science,
19, 585–592.
Multitasking habit
Brown, A. M., & Kaminske, A. N. (2018). Five teaching and learning
myths debunked. Routledge.
Holmes, J. D. (2016). Great myths of education and learning. Wiley Blackwell.
Anxiety habit
Huang, X., & Mayer, R. E. (2016). Benefits of adding anxiety reducing
features to a computer-based multimedia lesson. Computers in Human Behavior, 63, 293–303.
Maloney, E.A., & Beilock, S. L. (2012). Math anxiety: Who has it, why it develops, and how to guard against it. Trends in Cognitive Science, 16 (8), 404–406.
Mindfulness habit
Mrazek, M. D., Franklin, F. S., Phillips, D. T., Baird, B., & Schooler, J.
(2013). Mindfulness training improves working memory capacity
and GRE performance while reducing mind wandering.
Psychological Science, 24 (5), 776–781.
Smallwood, J., & Schooler, J. W. (2015). The science of mind wandering:
Empirically navigating the stream of consciousness. Annual Review of Psychology, 66, 487–518.