# @edutopia on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CqG0frGB6jV
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/5045192-edutopia-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-03-22T21:38:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Edutopia (@edutopia) — https://gondola.cc/edutopia

## Caption

We know that spicing up a learning activity by adding movement can enhance student memory—pairing the word “airplane” with pretending to be one, for example—but do we know by how much?

In a 2022 meta-analysis—the most comprehensive to date on the topic—researchers combed through 183 studies across the last 6 decades to find the answer. It’s a larger-than-expected bonus: Acting out a word while saying it has an effect size of 1.23, making it a “reliable and effective mnemonic tool” to promote learning, pushing it well above the 0.8 threshold for a “large” impact.

Inside the brain, cutting-edge neuroimaging technology reveals how combining words and actions generates a more durable network of memory traces in the brain. “As a rule of thumb, the more modalities implicated, the better memory will be,” the researchers conclude.

See our link in bio for the study.

#EducationResearch #TeachersOfInstagram #Learning

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