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Two Guys on Your Head · Friday · 7 min

Why Cramming for Tests Works, But Doesn’t

Cramming the night before a test might get you through the exam, but chances are that information will be gone by next week. In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman, Dr. Bob Duke, and Rebecca McInroy explore the difference between learning and doing well on a test, why cramming works in the short term, and how teachers can help students see that learning matters beyond the grade. Source

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Cramming the night before a test might get you through the exam, but chances are that information will be gone by next week. In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman, Dr. Bob Duke, and Rebecca McInroy explore the difference between learning and doing well on a test, why cramming works in the short term, and how teachers can help students see that learning matters beyond the grade.

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