Expecting to teach enhances learning, recall

Saturday, August 9, 2014 - 13:00 in Psychology & Sociology

People learn better and recall more when given the impression that they will soon have to teach newly acquired material to someone else, suggests new research. Findings of the study suggest that simply telling learners that they would later teach another student changes their mindset enough so that they engage in more effective approaches to learning than did their peers who simply expected a test.

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