How to Use Parlova for Studying: The Practical Guide for Students
Do you have a test, the brevet, or the bac coming up? This guide explains exactly how to use Parlova to study effectively: choosing the right character, asking the right questions, and checking that you really understood.
Parlova from three perspectives: what the interactive demos show
Before creating an account, here is what the three Parlova demos show — student view with Julius Caesar, teacher view with live mission creation, curious view with the French Revolution. Each feature explained.
Historical investigations in class: working on critical thinking with Parlova
How to organize a historical investigation in class with Parlova: questioning suspects, cross-referencing contradictory testimonies, reconstructing an event. Session structure and targeted skills.
The Parlova sagas: learning history by following a narrative thread
The Parlova sagas offer series of missions linked by a narrative thread. How they work, which sagas are available, and how to use them to structure a lesson sequence.
Why rereading your notes is useless (and what to do instead)
Rereading your notes gives the illusion of having revised. Neuroscience shows that it doesn't work. What works: asking questions, forcing your brain to search. With examples on Julius Caesar and Freud.
Learning through conversation: what research says
Vygotsky, retrieval practice, the generation effect, recent studies on educational AIs: what cognitive science research says about the effectiveness of learning through conversation.