Megan Sumeracki
If you read our blog even occasionally, you know retrieval practice has many benefits. Retrieval improves learning and memory, reduces test anxiety, and can protect against learning losses associated with stress. Today’s blog post is about another benefit of retrieval practice, reducing processing load.
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Megan Sumeracki (née Smith) is a tenured professor at Rhode Island College. She is an original co-founder of The Learning Scientists.
Megan earned her MA in Experimental Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis, and her PhD in Cognitive Psychology from Purdue University. She specializes in human learning, memory and applying the science of learning to educational contexts. Megan's research program focuses on the application of cognition to education, and specifically enhancing meaningful learning in the classroom and during independent study. She is also passionate about science communication. In her spare time Meg crochets, plays board games, and reads. She also loves to travel, hiking and wine tasting, as well as spending time with her young daughter and husband!