What Brain Science Tells Us About Effective Studying

All 6 of the practices below are fancy names for simple ideas/practices. These are things you should be doing as a student if you want to be an effective learner. These are also things we should show our students how to do in our SI sessions so they can duplicate them on their own. For each practice, consider: how could I build this into my SI sessions?

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