The 2023 IAMSE meeting in Cancun, Mexico will offer many opportunities for faculty development and networking to bring health sciences and health education across the continuum together. This year’s main topic is Teaching & Learning in Health Sciences: Linking Current Theory to Practice. The second of our four plenary speakers is Anique de Bruin from Maastricht University in the Netherlands. She will present Effort is the New Smart: Supporting Students in the Self-Regulated Use of Desirable Difficulties on Sunday, June 11, 2023.
Effort is the New Smart: Supporting Students in the Self-Regulated Use of Desirable Difficulties
Presented by: Anique de Bruin
Date and Time: Sunday, June 11, 2023, 12:45-2:00 PM EST (UTC -5)
Learning happens when there is friction. However, learners’ tendency is to move away from friction and choose “fluent”, yet ineffective learning conditions (e.g., preferring to reread a text when taking a practice test is more productive). How can we support our students to self-regulate their learning when friction is needed but fluency is appealing? In this talk, Dr. de Bruin will go into the self-regulation of ‘desirable difficulties’. Desirable difficulties are learning conditions that foster long-term learning, but typically require more effort and are therefore considered as ineffective and unattractive by students. By reviewing our fundamental and applied research in this area, Dr. de Bruin will outline why and how students struggle with desirable difficulties, how subjective experiences of effort and learning shape self-regulatory actions, and how interventions both mend misbeliefs about effective learning and increase engagement in desirable difficulties.
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We hope to see you in Cancun!