Katherine Rawson

A primary goal of education is to acquire knowledge that lasts over time, knowledge that is durable, not just to increase familiarity of information over the short term. As a result, a major responsibility facing teachers is to provide instruction that supports long-term retention of what students learn when in school. This responsibility can become overwhelming given the amount of information that students are expected to learn. Thus, to learn all that is expected in the time allotted to in...