Effectiveness of Techniques

Question 1

Practice testing

Answer 1

Very effective under a wide array of situations

Question 2

Distributed practice

Answer 2

Very effective under a wide array of situations

Question 3

Interleaved practice

Answer 3

Promising for math and concept learning but needs more research

Question 4

Elaborative interrogation

Answer 4

Promising but needs more research

Question 5

Self-explanation

Answer 5

Promising but needs more research

Question 6

Rereading

Answer 6

Distributed rereading can be helpful, but time could be better spent using another strategy

Question 7

Highlighting and underlining

Answer 7

Not particularly helpful but can be used as a first step toward further study

Question 8

Summarization

Answer 8

Helpful only with training on how to summarize

Question 9

Keyword mnemonic

Answer 9

Somewhat helpful for learning languages, but were benefits are short lived

Question 10

Imagery for text

Answer 10

Benefits limited to imagery-friendly text, and needs more research