Learning and memory benefit from active involvement. When you add speaking to it, the content becomes more defined in long-term memory and more memorable.

Traditionally, we’re taught to learn using the “blocking” strategy. This instructs us to go over a single idea again and again (and again) until we’ve mastered it, before proceeding to the next concept. 

But several new neurological studies show that an up and coming learning method call...

If you imagine that you’ll need to teach someone else the material or task you are trying to grasp, you can speed up your learning and remember more.

The expectation changes your mind-set so that you engage in more effective approaches to learning than those who simply lear...