

421: Help People Learn Through Powerful Teaching, with Pooja Agarwal
4 snips Jul 22, 2019
Pooja Agarwal, an expert in cognitive science and founder of RetrievalPractice.org, shares valuable insights on enhancing teaching effectiveness. She emphasizes the importance of retrieval over mere information encoding, highlighting strategies that lead to long-term retention. Pooja challenges the myth of learning styles, advocating for varied teaching methods. She also discusses the significance of creating a supportive learning environment that embraces mistakes as growth opportunities. Her research-backed advice is essential for leaders aiming to develop talent more successfully.
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Leaders as Teachers
- Leaders must develop others' skills, acting as teachers.
- Invest in training for effective teaching strategies.
Three Stages of Learning
- Learning involves encoding, storage, and retrieval stages.
- Retrieval, the act of recalling information, is crucial but often neglected.
The Coffee Shop
- Pooja Agarwal forgot a coffee shop's name despite encoding it.
- This highlights the importance of retrieval in learning.