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Book Review: Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning, Agarwal, P. K., & Bain, P. M.

Book Review: Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning, Agarwal, P. K., & Bain, P. M. 871920 ALXXXX10.1177/1045159519871920Adult learningAdult learning research-article2019 Vol. 31 No. 1 ADULT LEARNING Resources Book Review Agarwal, P. K., & Bain, P. M. (2019). Powerful Teaching: retrieval practice. Retrieval practice improves learning Unleash the Science of Learning. San Francisco, CA: by the act of recalling information rather than simply Jossey-Bass. 352 pp. $32.95. ISBN: 9781119521846 absorbing it like a sponge. In Chapter 4, they introduce (hardcover) the second and third strategies, spacing and interleaving. The authors write how these techniques Reviewed by: Daniel A. Parker improve retrieval practice by encouraging purposeful University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA forgetting—which paradoxically increases long-term retention. Spacing and interleaving manipulate the DOI:https://doi.org/10.1177/1045159519871920 forgetting curve, spacing current material and interjecting related material in between topics. Chapter As adult educators, we seek to facilitate 5 introduces metacognition-driven feedback, which engagement, encouragement, trust, and reflective encourages learners to accurately assess their own inquiry in adult learners. These goals are core to learning, whereas Chapter 6 integrates all learning much of adult learning theory (Merriam & Bierema, strategies together. The authors discuss the underlying 2013; Merriam, Caffarella, & Baumgartner, 2007). science, but make it incredibly simple to digest. They Although these goals are crucial, it is easy to lose http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adult Learning SAGE

Book Review: Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning, Agarwal, P. K., & Bain, P. M.

Parker, Daniel A.
Adult Learning , Volume 31 (1): 2 – Feb 1, 2020
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871920 ALXXXX10.1177/1045159519871920Adult learningAdult learning research-article2019 Vol. 31 No. 1 ADULT LEARNING Resources Book Review Agarwal, P. K., & Bain, P. M. (2019). Powerful Teaching: retrieval practice. Retrieval practice improves learning Unleash the Science of Learning. San Francisco, CA: by the act of recalling information rather than simply Jossey-Bass. 352 pp. $32.95. ISBN: 9781119521846 absorbing it like a sponge. In Chapter 4, they introduce (hardcover) the second and third strategies, spacing and interleaving. The authors write how these techniques Reviewed by: Daniel A. Parker improve retrieval practice by encouraging purposeful University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA forgetting—which paradoxically increases long-term retention. Spacing and interleaving manipulate the DOI:https://doi.org/10.1177/1045159519871920 forgetting curve, spacing current material and interjecting related material in between topics. Chapter As adult educators, we seek to facilitate 5 introduces metacognition-driven feedback, which engagement, encouragement, trust, and reflective encourages learners to accurately assess their own inquiry in adult learners. These goals are core to learning, whereas Chapter 6 integrates all learning much of adult learning theory (Merriam & Bierema, strategies together. The authors discuss the underlying 2013; Merriam, Caffarella, & Baumgartner, 2007). science, but make it incredibly simple to digest. They Although these goals are crucial, it is easy to lose

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