Autumn Half Term 2022 reflections
Half term in the can. Time for a short post on what worked and what was learnt. Years 7 and 8 The pupils loved the story telling focus of both Year 7 (Genre) and Year 8 (Short Stories) schemes. Children …
Teaching
Applying teaching strategied, techniques and ideas.
Short term pain for long term gain – spacing effects
I am not too sure we need more convincing that spaced practice trumps masses practice – but there you go. Here it is. Spaced Retrieval Practice Imposes Desirable Difficulty in Calculus Learning – Lyle et al. (2022). Lyle et al …
Dr Stephen Chew’s tour of learning
Dr Stephen Chew, Professor of Psychology at Samford University takes us on a tour of “how to make teaching and learning more effective.” Learning only takes place in one location that’s inside your brain. If you understand the principles how …
If background knowledge is so important…
Yesterday’s ResearchEd yet again highlighted the importance of prior or background knowledge for learning. A number of presenters made that very point in their session and I learnt that the hard way, attending Kieran Mackle’s Primary maths session ‘Old Yellow …
ResearchEd Surrey 2022
The annual trip to Farnham Heath End School. Old friends, new friends, presenting and professional learning. This year’s presentation showcased the research of Dr Luke Eglington and his investigation into Optimal Efficiency Threshold. In search of the sweet-spot most efficient …
Successive Relearning: An Underexplored but Potent Technique for Obtaining and Maintaining Knowledge
Not exactly a catchy title. Nevertheless it is an important one. Three years into my edventures into test-enhanced learning, with the book first final draft back with the editor, Rawson and Dunlosky (2022) publish ‘Successive Relearning: An Underexplored but Potent …
Brilliantly Bahrick
When you read the research on test-enhanced learning you will eventually find yourself knocking at the door of successive relearning. Track back through the papers on successive relearning and you will eventually meet the brilliant research of Dr Harry Bahrick. …
Metacognition summary from Sec-Ed
Today, I was at the Sec-Ed conference – Metacognition: Practical strategies for your classroom. It kicked off with Kirsten Mould @kirsten_mould from the EFF, Jackie Beere beamed in with the afternoon Keynote from Matt Bromley @mj_bromley – who was an …