# @edutopia on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/COX4PzYAE1M
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/20303844-edutopia-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-05-02T13:59:04.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Edutopia (@edutopia) — https://gondola.cc/edutopia

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When students draw the information they’re learning—rather than take notes or read about it—research shows it delivers a powerful memory boost, increasing recall by nearly double.⁣ 🎨 
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That’s because drawing, regardless of artistic talent, is an active task that forces students to grapple with the material they’re learning as they rebuild it on the page in a way that makes sense to them. The process creates deep memory encoding, layering together the visual memory of what they’ve drawn, the kinesthetic memory of their hand drawing the image, and the semantic memory that occurs during meaning-making. ⁣
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Here are a few ways to use drawing to enrich learning:⁣
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📈 DIY learning aids: In place of store-bought or printed posters, have students create the maps, anchor charts, or diagrams that reinforce learning in your classroom.⁣
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📓 Rethink rote notes: Steer students away from verbatim note-taking and toward more visual, interpretive methods. Have them write notes on one side of their notebooks, for example, and use the other side for drawings, diagrams, and charts.⁣
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📝 Try one-pagers: Challenge students to draw their understanding of a topic on a single sheet of paper. It’ll nudge them to get creative, says middle school teacher Jill Fletcher, making it less about the right answer and more about crafting something they can stand behind.⁣
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📙 Create books or comics: From science class to ELA, students at Symonds Elementary blend academics and art by writing and illustrating books or comics to show their comprehension of the topics they’re studying.⁣
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😌  Visualize it: When students collect, analyze, and then present data in visual form—illustrating math concepts, for instance, or visualizing themes in classical literature—it helps deepen understanding and process learning.⁣
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Link in bio.⁣

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