@L_Eggo_ – Edventures

Adapting quizzing: perception of cognitive load #retrievalpractice

Kristian Still 1 Aug ’22 24 Oct ’22

This is part two of a three part series reviewing Svenja Heitmann Dissertation “On Optimising the Use of Practice Quizzing: Benefits Increase by Adapting and May Depend on Learners’ Achievement Motives and the publications that followed. Remember, in the first …

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Low, low, low-stakes bests desirable difficulties

Kristian Still 27 Apr ’22 2 Aug ’22

Students have limited time to study, and thus the total time it costs is a vital consideration. In fact, we found that practicing efficiently had an even larger effect on memory than spacing usually does! Dr Luke Eglington Last week …

I still expect the carpet to be pulled out from under me3 Nov ’24
This post is written for a friend. The point of desperation is often the point of truth. He wrote. How do your move forward, when you still expect the carpet to be pulled out from under you? If you can move at all? Let alone …
No rescuing3 Nov ’24
Do not do for someone, that they can do for themselves. This is a life, teaching, leading, parental sentiment or wisdom that I have long held important. It sits along side the notion of “no rescuing.” This is the focus on this post and thinking. …
Teams – Day 3 (part 2)2 Nov ’24
Prioritising time to write has not made it to the top of the priorities list until today (the end of half-term). That is a failing on my part. With hindsight, I should have planned and scheduled less. I am not comfortable accepting that “writing, thinking …
Yuimaru – ‘a circle of people’26 Oct ’24
It started with reading sports team Coach biographies. John Wooden, Phil Jackson, Mike Krzyzewski (Basketball), Sir Alex Ferguson, Johan Cruyff, Anson Dorrance (Football), Sir Clive Woodward and James Kerr’s Legacy (Rugby) and Dave Brailsford (Cycling) and there were plenty others. It turns out, many of …