For the past three years, in developing my English teaching pedagogy, I developed a professional interest in production effects, initially with reference to retrieval practice design and vocabulary acquisition and latterly with to proofreading and editing. Production effects: the difference …
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 …
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 …
In part 1, I shared the benefits of quizzing and of routines. Now to the practicalities of quizzing in the classroom – with a little help from classroom.remembermore.app and plenty of discussion with Sarah Cottingham @overpractised. (See the link at …
Dr Anita Archer is an educational consultant to school districts on explicit instruction. She has taught primary and secondary school students, served on the faculties of several renowned universities, published numerous books about teaching and learning, and had a huge …
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 …
More on MARCKS and concurrent metacognition Metacognitive monitoring concerns learners’ ability to assess the progress of their learning. The accuracy of their metacognitive monitoring influences study choices and, consequently, how well information is learned and retained. Learners misinterpret momentary accessibility …
End of year assessments – What to do before. What to do after. To get more learning from ‘End of Year Assessments.’ Under the umbrella of a twin-track school ethos of “happy and successful” and “growth and excellence” (pupils and …
