I'm Just Sayin...

loveishere:

psychotherapy:

…People remember things better, longer, if they are given very challenging tests on the material, tests at which they are bound to fail. In a series of experiments, they showed that if students make an unsuccessful attempt to retrieve information before receiving an answer, they remember the information better than in a control condition in which they simply study the information. Trying and failing to retrieve the answer is actually helpful to learning. It’s an idea that has obvious applications for education, but could be useful for anyone who is trying to learn new material of any kind…

Seeing as how I’m studying for a test that I feel bound to fail, I’m hoping this information is reliable and valid.

Wish I could have read this 4am instead of 40 minutes before the midterm I am about to fail.