Benjamin Keep, PhD, JD | A Simple Study Tip: Stop Highlighting @benjaminkeep | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Highlighting your textbook is how most students know they're being diligent. And there is no shortage of advice on how to highlight. But is it really worth the trouble? Nah. Here's some thoughts on why.
00:00 Introduction
00:35 Do we know how to highlight?
01:39 What does it encourage us to do?
02:08 What does it tell us about what we know?
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The onscreen quotes were pulled from a classic review of study techniques:
Dunlosky, J., Rawson, K. A., Marsh, E. J., Nathan, M. J., & Willingham, D. T. (2013). Improving students’ learning with effective learning techniques: Promising directions from cognitive and educational psychology. Psychological Science in the Public interest, 14(1), 4-58. https://bibliotecadigital.mineduc.cl/bitstream/handle/20.500.12365/17388/dunloskyimprovinglearning.pdf?sequence=1
Highlighting your textbook is how most students know they're being diligent. And there is no shortage of advice on how to highlight. But is it really worth the trouble? Nah. Here's some thoughts on why.
00:00 Introduction
00:35 Do we know how to highlight?
01:39 What does it encourage us to do?
02:08 What does it tell us about what we know?
Sign up to my email newsletter, Avoiding Folly, here: benjaminkeep.com
The onscreen quotes were pulled from a classic review of study techniques:
Dunlosky, J., Rawson, K. A., Marsh, E. J., Nathan, M. J., & Willingham, D. T. (2013). Improving students’ learning with effective learning techniques: Promising directions from cognitive and educational psychology. Psychological Science in the Public interest, 14(1), 4-58. https://bibliotecadigital.mineduc.cl/bitstream/handle/20.500.12365/17388/dunloskyimprovinglearning.pdf?sequence=1
