STUDY TOOLS

Learning extends far beyond the four walls of the traditional classroom. But without proper study habits, most students struggle to retain information and teachers are left frustrated and forced to re-teach. The tools in this category help learning stick. If you’re new to the Study Tools lineup, we recommend starting with the Introduction activity that is located in the upper left hand corner of the available item of resources below. Once you’ve gotten the hang of the basic pedagogy, each of the subsequent resources can easily be “clicked in” to any lesson that follows.

Prime Time Rhyme Climb

Prime Time Rhyme Climb challenges your students to apply their content knowledge by writing original rhymes that showcase their learning. Inspired by research on processing fluency, this activity makes content mastery more accurate, more believable, and more memorable.

Mnemonic Mania

Boost memory and creativity with EMC² Learning’s Mnemonic Mania! This fast-paced activity challenges students to craft catchy mnemonics for tough concepts, blending humor with higher-order thinking and visual flair for a learning experience they’ll never forget.

Introduction – Memory Lab

The Memory Lab Introduction is a one of a kind resource designed to help teachers and students lock in some deep learning long after their day in the classroom has reached its end. If you’re new to the Study Skills collection, start here for all kinds of powerful ideas.

Disaster Relief

Disaster Relief gives your students the chance to get clever and resourceful with their study habits. It starts like any other review with the chance to dump a bunch of information onto a 3×5″ index card. But when disaster strikes, the long term learning really begins.

Time Hack

Timing is everything. And in Time Hack, your students will learn how to maximize efficiency of the time they’re devoting to at-home study. This way, they’re not simply judging success by the number of minutes spent absent-mindedly staring at the same old page of text.

Corrupt Code

In this team against team activity, students dig deeper into course content by sneaking into the notes of their peers and deliberately attempting to embed all kinds of misinformation throughout what they find. Mischief making while strengthening study skills? Sign us up.

Memory Movement- Memory Lab

Research has consistently shown that “Learning Styles” are, in fact, totally bogus. But that doesn’t mean that kinesthetic learning doesn’t have its place in a future-ready classroom. This activity makes use of motion to help your students commit new concepts to memory.

Mind Palace – Memory Lab

The science behind this resource is “Elementary, my dear Watson!” And believe it or not, the same mental exercise that enables the famed Sherlock Holmes to wanter through his mind’s eye and retrieve all sorts of data is a fantastic way to help your students do the same.

Blurt Blast- Memory Lab

One of the best kept secrets of great study habits is that students should always find themselves in control of the Desired Difficulty of the content that they’re reviewing. Research suggests that setting the challenge threshold *just a bit higher* can be a game changer.

Content Code – Memory Lab

This wing of our Memory Lab is all about active recall. Content Code helps students bring closure and clarity to newly mastered course content as they lock their learning deeper and deeper into the vaults of their mental storage banks. Unlock this resource with a click!

Analogy Annex – Memory Lab

If you’re old enough to remember the classic SAT of yesteryear, you’ll probably recognize the formula when we say “A:B::C:D.” If this sounds like some alien language, don’t panic! The Analogy Annex is open for business and here to help you make sense of a new way to play.

Study Glyphs – Memory Lab

Recent research suggests the idea of people being “left-brained” or “right-brained” may also be a lot less fixed than we’d thought. But forcing ourselves to bridge the cerebral divide by linking images with words? Now that’s a very smart idea. Welcome to Study Glyphs.
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