Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School’s Director of Educational Development, describes five learning techniques that will help students build memory, understanding, and ability! These techniques are reflection, deliberate practice, self-testing, spaced repetition, and the Pomodoro technique. Using them will help accelerate your academic journey and make studying far more productive.

Further reading from this episode:

reflection:

https://ascd.org/publications/books/108008/chapters/Learning-Through-Reflection.aspx

deliberate practice:

https://www.missiontolearn.com/deliberate-practice/

self-testing and spaced repetition:

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/49750/a-better-way-to-study-through-self-testing-and-distributed-practice

Pomodoro technique:

https://facilethings.com/blog/en/science-behind-pomodoro-technique