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> The study tested four methods for learning written information, including reading silently, hearing someone else read, listening to a recording of oneself rea
by miranda_rights 9y ago
> The study tested four methods for learning written information, including reading silently, hearing someone else read, listening to a recording of oneself reading, and reading aloud in real time.
I wish they had also tested reading silently "aloud", since it's not clear if it's more the additional effort or actually hearing yourself that makes the difference.
Also, if they tested "
listening to a recording of oneself reading", wouldn't that have involved the subject to read the text aloud initially? I must just misunderstand the article.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 9y agoIt would be interesting to compare to writing down something as well. My anecdotal observation (and I believe there is some scientific literature to support this as well) from college lectures is that I retained more from writing pieces of the lecture down, even if I never reviewed my handwritten notes afterward.
- hrmn 9y agoIn addition to being able to memorise things better when reading them out loud, I also agree with your observation. I have the same memories about what I did at university: writing down the parts of the lecture that I needed to learn for a test helped me a lot. It took more time than just reading over the stuff, but it was very effective for me.