An educational application of the primacy and recency effect is to:
a) cover the most important or most difficult concepts in the middle part of a lecture.
b) provide a preview of the next period, at the end of class, rather than a review of what was covered today.
c) whenever possible, start a class with seatwork, teach new material, and then end the class with seatwork.
d) teach important materials at the beginning or end of class and deal with administrative tasks in the middle.
d Primacy effect is the tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily than other items. Recency effect is the tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items. By taking care of administrative tasks in the middle of class the teacher capitalizes on both primacy and recency effect.
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