Why should we be interested in a new research paper from the Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning? Here are five reasons. Spaced Retrieval Practice and Edtech Kang et al., (2023) are quick to summarise a wealth of research demonstrating …
Whenever I need help with a tricky ‘Science of Reading’ query, Chris Such rarely fails to respond with multiple possible responses. And rightly so, the Science of Reading is a complex and interwoven topic. His book, sadly, is mistitled – …
Research papers investigating “retrieval practice” continue to be published rather regularly. Fortuntely, at a pace that I can almost keep up to date with. This paper by Zheng et al., (2023) caught my attention as you rarely read papers which …
This should be a short post. It is a frustrated post. It is where lay advice, proverbial advice, is bad advice for learners. “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again,” is bad advice for learners. What is more …
Part I covered the background research, that the “more popular option” of premade flashcards may lead to users “missing out on learning experiences that might occur when making one’s own flashcards.” Of course, there is more to it than that. …
It is a practical question. Use premade flashcards or design your own? What at first appears to be a relatively straightforward question, is far from from it. Pan et al. (2022) offer a ‘General Audience Summary’ and that is a …
At the beginning of the summer, I stumbled upon the work of Dr Svenja Heitmann. At the time, I wrote up the papers and started a dialogue with Dr Svenja about her research. It follows on from my interest in …
Working with RememberMore, focusing on the pupils encoding and use of new vocabulary and reading ‘Ready to Teach: A Christmas Carol,’ I have been reviewing the test-enhanced learning routines for acquiring the copious amounts of new vocabulary and powerful words …
