Learning from primary: Doing retrieval practice better (McMahon)

By Kendra McMahon

Issue 385 | Page 30 | Published Jun 2022

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Kendra McMahon explains how rehearsing knowledge through retrieval practice helps to consolidate it.

Primary-secondary

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