Could drawing be used as a teaching method to boost students’ memory recall?
New research reveals how integrating drawing into teaching practices can significantly enhance memory recall for students of all ages.
In a new paper, Drawing Enhances Memory for Emotional Words (Tran & Fernandes, 2023), research highlights an intriguing approach to enhancing memory: drawing as an encoding strategy.
It’s a simple yet effective method, asking students to draw the words or concepts they are learning.
This technique has been found to significantly improve recall, especially for emotionally charged content, compared to traditional writing methods.
I may even ‘give it a go’ in my next teacher training sessions to help teachers retain some key information …
