Here’s an unusual but potentially very useful instructional strategy, one that takes advantage of peoples’ need for resolution or for closure. The Zeigarnik effect states that people remember uncompleted or interrupted tasks better than completed ones.
Russian psychologies Bluma Zeigarnik first studied the phenomenon in the late 1920’s after her professor, Gestalt psychologist Kurt [...]
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Learning – the Zeigarnik effect
July 21st, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Zeigarnik effect · conditions of learning · events of instruction · gestalt psychology · learning theory · theory of instruction
Learning – the Zeigarnik effect
July 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment
Here’s an unusual but potentially very useful instructional strategy, one that takes advantage of peoples’ need for resolution or for closure. The Zeigarnik effect states that people remember uncompleted or interrupted tasks better than completed ones.
Russian psychologies Bluma Zeigarnik first studied the phenomenon in the late 1920’s after her professor, Gestalt psychologist Kurt [...]
Tags: Zeigarnik effect · conditions of learning · events of instruction · gestalt psychology · learning theory · theory of instruction
