So I was recently asked, “Isn’t Successive Relearning just spaced retrieval practice?” Well yes, and more. Both retrieval practice and distributed practice are key ingredients of successive relearning however, so is success and there is a lot of detail covered …
In December 2020, in an article for secondary education magazine SecEd I made the case that despite the “wealth of evidence” (Agarwal et al, 2021) about the “reliable advantage” (Yang et al, 2021) of test-enhanced learning – more commonly referred …
Four assignments into social reading and annotation with Persuall and I impressed. Most importantly, the pupils seem to be enjoying their social reading experience and appear to have a deeper understanding of the text as a result. Getting Started Set …
First what is screencasting? Simply – recording the computer screen. Think quick tip help videos. And “pip” is not some random screen casting expert, it is “picture-in-picture.” ChromeOS Screencast ChromeOS Screencast for Chromebooks is almost here. Available in ChromeOS v103+ …
SecEd released the second podcast today: A teacher’s guide to #memory – together with @helenfwebb @TWPerry1 @overpractised – a spun a yard. Summarised by @SecEd_Education as a “practical conversation on short-term, working & long-term memory & how students learn, forget …
Perusall has been bookmarked for a month. It has been a busy month. So what is Persuall? Developed at Harvard University, it is a more controlled, or evolved version of the flipped classroom. Think – intelligent discussion boards (and in …
More than ten years Back in 2011, I encountered the research of Dr Jeff Karpicke via a Purdue University press release. At the time I added a note to the blog post. “One to follow up on. Testing promotes learning. …
Before half-term, my Primary colleagues were asking for early access to ‘End of Year Reports.’ Dig into that request and staff were planning to assign time during their well-earned break to “get ahead.” There is no doubt that Reports are …
