The Ineffectiveness of Highlighting and Rereading in Learning

Old techniques of learning may not be effective, especially in a post-COVID world of Zoom classes./nResearch suggests that highlighting, rereading, and notetaking may not lead to mastery of material./nThere is a pleasant feeling of learning even when one is not actually learning./nHighlighting may create a false sense of learning, but does not necessarily help in mastering the material./nClassrooms worldwide still encourage ineffective techniques like highlighting and rereading instead of more effective practices like self-testing and interleaving subjects.

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