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  • Using google to make use of contrast effect

    Finding and using the concept, idea or ideology which represents the opposite or conflicting conception will help us consolidate our understanding of the original concept along with the opposing concept in a much coherent way.

    A way to use google to find the opposing concept is to type-in Vs, & , And, Or etc.

    Even when we were infants comparative thinking is one of our first and most natural forms of thought.


    This is why the strategy of comparison comes easy for us as a learning method.

    By using comparative method students will be able to identify similarities and differences between two or more items. It will help the learner understand how each piece of information are alike, equal, or analogous to each other.

    This also demonstrates the benefit of MCQ testing as a powerful way of learning. Learners who are attempting to answer MCQs learn not only the correct alternative. They also learn and understand why the other alternatives are incorrect.(Bjork Study) 

  • Tweet: Using contrast as a tool for learning

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    Even when we were infants, comparative thinking is one of our first and most natural forms of thought. This is why the strategy of comparison comes easy for us as a learning method.
     
    Comparison and Contrast methods engage students in outlining, differentiating, and distinguishing information.
     
    By using comparison students will be able to identify similarities and differences between two or more items to understand how they are alike, equal, or analogous to each other. There are also connected strategies to comparative thinking Viz classifying, creating analogies, and creating metaphors.
     

    This also demonstrates the benefit of MCQ testing as a powerful way of learning. Learners attempting to retrieve learn not only why the correct alternative is correct but also why the other alternatives are incorrect.(Bjork Study)