Structured Retrieval Practice to Enhance Conceptual Learning

心理学(73)研究和开发项目的目标是开发一个以计算机为基础的结构化检索练习方案，指导学生在学习的同时练习检索，并加强对基本概念知识的长期记忆。这项研究通过检验精心设计的检索线索可以提高检索实践的有效性这一假设，解决了人类学习和检索过程中的基本问题。第一个目标是在受控实验中发展和加强学习计划的几个方面。工作假说是，引导学生主动重构他们的知识将产生有效和稳健的学习和长期保持。其目的是找出最好的方法来组织和支撑学生的检索练习，以帮助他们建立关于科学概念的丰富的心理模型。本项目的第二个目标是在两门大型本科生心理学入门课程中建立结构化检索练习的有效性和有效性。该项目解决了认知科学中的两个空白。首先，该项目旨在为当前关于提取和记忆的研究做出贡献。其次，该项目旨在将实验室环境下进行的基础研究成果转化为课堂上的实际应用。这套研究旨在让本科生STEM教育界了解学生是如何学习的，并将研究结果应用于制定教学策略，旨在加强学生对STEM学科基本概念知识的学习。

Psychology (73)The objective of the research and development project, Structured Retrieval Practice to Enhance Conceptual Learning, is to develop a computer-based Structured RetrievalPractice program that guides students to practice retrieval while studying and enhances long-term retention of foundational conceptual knowledge. The research addresses fundamental questions about human learning and retrieval processes by testing the hypothesis that elaborative retrieval cues increase the effectiveness of retrieval practice. The first aim is to develop and enhance several aspects of the learning program in controlled experiments. The working hypothesis is that guiding students to practice active reconstruction of their knowledge will produce potent and robust learning and long-term retention. The goal is to identify the best ways to structure and scaffold students' retrieval practice to help them develop enriched mental models about science concepts. The second aim of this project is to establish the efficacy and effectiveness of Structured Retrieval Practice in two large undergraduate introductory psychology courses. The project addresses two gaps in cognitive science. First, the project is designed to contribute to the current research on retrieval and memory. Secondly, the project is designed to translate findings from the basic research conducted in a laboratory setting into application in the real world setting of the classroom. The set of studies is designed to inform the undergraduate STEM education community on how students learn and to apply the findings to the development of instructional strategies designed to enhance students' learning of foundational conceptual knowledge in STEM disciplines.