Following yesterday’s read looking at the sequence effects of generative activities and retrieval practice, I am now reading a few “starred” Prof. Dr. Julian Roelle papers. Unsurprisingly, a paper on adaptive practice quizzing caught my attention, which led to Svenja …
Riding on @P_A_Kirschner coat tails, I decided to have a look at the research paper and Professor Julian Roelle research more widely. There were lots of interesting research topics to explore (quizzing, self-regulation, metacognition, Cognitive Load, worked examples) but for …
Listen to enough Dr John Dunlosky interviews and you will be convinced of two points: The importance of effective time management The importance of teaching students how they should go about learning (practice testing, spaced practice, and successive relearning) Of …
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 …
All you need is a Google account. It is even better on Chromebooks. Google books (My library) + Standardebooks.org Play Book settings (accessible via your account icon) Enable PDF Uploading. Download from epub version from Standardebooks and upload to Google …
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 …
