Don’t worry about summer learning loss

By Kristy Turner2021-06-24T09:54:00

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Kristy Turner arms you with the knowledge to understand and mitigate students’ forgetting over the holidays

Why do we forget? What is learning loss? What do students often forget in chemistry? In this article, Kristy Turner answers all these questions and more, as well as providing practical tips, arming you with the knowledge to understand and mitigate learning loss in your students over the holidays.

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