Unit 1: Learning how to learn - Basics

Further resources

Books

College Success (OpenStax), Chapter 2: The Truth About Learning Styles & Chapter 6  Studying, Memory, and Test Taking

Memletics Accelerated Learning Manual (shortened version)

Weinstein, C., & Mayer, R. (1986). The Teaching of Learning Strategies. In M. Wittrock (Hrsg.), Handbook of Research on Teaching (S. 315–327). Link in ThULB: https://suche.thulb.uni-jena.de/Record/1517250501

Scientific articles

Dunlosky, J., Rawson, K. A., Marsh, E. J., Nathan, M. J., & Willingham, D. T. (2013). Improving students’ learning with effective learning techniques: Promising directions from cognitive and educational psychology: Promising directions from cognitive and educational psychology. Psychological Science in the Public Interest: A Journal of the American Psychological Society, 14(1), 4–58. https://doi.org/10.1177/1529100612453266

Dunlosky, John & Rawson, Katherine & Marsh, Elizabeth & Nathan, Mitchell & Willingham, Daniel. (2013). What Works, What Doesn't. Scientific American Mind. 24. 46-53; read summary in this blog post.

Karpicke JD, Blunt JR. Retrieval practice produces more learning than elaborative studying with concept mapping. Science. 2011 Feb 11;331(6018):772-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1199327. Epub 2011 Jan 20. PMID: 21252317.

Blog Posts

Memory (Trinity College)

Reading (Trinity College) why / with which purpose you read -> which technique you should use

Assignments and Exams (University of Galway) (its not addressing learning techniques but managing assignment work)