Investigating “Prior episodic learning and the efficacy of retrieval practice,” Gupta et al. (2021) draw two important conclusions for teachers. The first we have known about for a long time, the second, is an important ‘knowledge nugget’ that can be …
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, 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
At the beginning of the week @BradleyBusch shared a new retrieval study, Sumeracki & Castillo (2022) “Covert and overt retrieval practice in the classroom,” with a bit of cold-calling thrown into the mix too. Bradley’s summary of the paper: “covert …
If you occasionally swing past this blog you’ll not be surprised by the headline. What you may not be aware of is that quizzing also reduces course failure rates or increases the odds of passing a class. “…the odds of …
