Can you learn 80% of Spanish in 2 months? – A case study
Introduction How much would you understand of a book written in a language you don’t know? Not much. But if you learned just 1.000 of the most common words, could you read Harry Potter? Surprisingly, you would understand 80% of the total words in the entire book. 1.000 words cover roughly 80% of Spanish fiction, […]
What it Means to be a Science-Led Company
What guides your day-to-day decisions? We all strive to act with fairness and honesty with our close ones, and with our work. But how often do our personal values align with those of the company we work for? For many of us here at MemoryLab, we have the privilege and delight of knowing that they […]
Experience Didacta Stuttgart 2025 with MemoryLab
Didacta Stuttgart 2025 was a fantastic opportunity for MemoryLab to connect with educators and gain deeper insights into German education. From hands-on teaching materials to school infrastructure and EdTech, Didacta reinforces a belief we hold strongly at MemoryLab: digital tools are just one part of the equation and technology should serve pedagogy, not the other […]
A co-creation project with a EUR 300,000 budget funded by NOLAI
Together with Het Rijks vmbo and the University of Groningen, MemoryLab has recently embarked on a new EUR 300,000 co-creation project funded by NOLAI. The collaboration involves students in pre-vocational secondary education (vmbo). The project focuses on two key areas: strengthening reading comprehension through a personalised skill graph and enhancing both general and subject-specific vocabulary mastery. These innovations […]
Meet MemoryLab at Didacta Stuttgart 2025
MemoryLab is ready for Didacta Stuttgart 2025 from February 11–15, and we couldn’t be more excited to be part of this incredible event! As first-time attendees, we’re delighted to join the Eduvation space and connect with inspiring educators, innovators, and change-makers who share our passion for making a meaningful impact in education. Didacta is the […]
MemoryLab at OEB 2024
Last month, our team at MemoryLab exhibited at the OEB Conference in Berlin. OEB brings together experts, educators, and innovators to explore the latest trends in edtech and discuss the future of education. OEB’s layout offered attendees a good structure in which to explore the latest technology and pedagogy. Visitors attended thought-provoking talks on emerging […]
Smart flashcards: How to generate effective lessons with ChatGPT
Creating learning materials like flashcards by hand can be time-consuming and repetitive. Retrieval practice using flashcards is one of the most effective learning methods, but how can you make well-crafted flashcards as quickly as possible to allow yourself or your students to start applying retrieval practice? As our previous blogpost explained, making flashcards is not […]
Beyond the test: transforming how we assess what learners know
Traditional knowledge assessment How do we assess a learner’s knowledge level? We test them. A traditional assessment might involve asking the learner short-answer or multiple-choice questions, or requiring them to demonstrate their knowledge by writing an essay, for example. We then infer what a learner knows from the correctness of their responses. While these traditional […]
Adaptive Learning at Zpannend Zernike
Earlier this month, we attended Zpannend Zernike, a family-oriented science festival held across the city of Groningen. As educational researchers and designers, this was a wonderful opportunity to see our work in the hands of young learners – And an opportunity for them to learn more about their internal learning and memory processes. The personalised […]
Learn less, memorize more – New mastery system to improve spaced learning habits
Let’s talk about a familiar feeling—that moment when you’ve done just enough to feel productive, but still wonder if it’s really enough. You want that “that’ll do for today” moment without pushing so far that you become fatigued and slip into overlearning. Finding the study sweet spot is a delicate balance between feeling accomplished (happy […]
