The importance of self-referencing as a learning technique

How can you improve your students’ ability to remember what you teach them?

This resource introduces the work of Professor Sheila J. Cunningham, a psychologist at Abertay University, UK. She is investigating the effect of self-referencing on memory and how this can be used in the classroom.

The resource includes activity ideas for how you can apply self-referencing in your own classroom, whatever subject you teach.

If you have questions for Sheila, go to the article online (see the Futurum link below), scroll down to the end and type in the question(s). Sheila will reply!

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