I recently shared a summary of Simonsmeier et al., (2022) work suggesting that pupil’s prior knowledge is a critical factor for teaching and accounts for about a third of the variance in learning outcomes. On the back of summarising that …
For the past three years, I have been reading, researching and thinking specifically about the process of learning and test-enhanced learning within the parameters of Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968) multi-store model of memory, which assumes there are three logically and …
Back in 2011 I read a Purdue Newsroom release and a series of press articles about Jeff Karpicke’s retrieval research. Our research shows that practicing retrieval while you study is crucial to learning,” the study’s author Jeffrey D. Karpicke, an …
When you read the research on test-enhanced learning you will eventually find yourself knocking at the door of successive relearning. Track back through the papers on successive relearning and you will eventually meet the brilliant research of Dr Harry Bahrick. …
Dig around the retrieval practice and test enhanced learning research and you will invariably bump into the research of Assistant Professor Steven Pan: interleaving, retrieval, feedback, transfer and metacognitive beliefs. His research has covered the full gamut of test enhanced …
September What will this academic year have in store? A return to senior leadership at Boundary Oak School as Deputy Head Academic, an all-through school, in Hampshire. Returning to an all-through school is most definitely a highlight. I am excited …
Why and how we should be using retrieval practice and space learning Published: 01 December 2021 Retrieval practice alone is not enough. We must also consider spaced learning, interleaving, feedback and metacognition if we are to have an impact on the …
Classrooms are messy and complex, a veritable swamp of interactions. After the testing effect, retrieval practice here are four that we have been exploring at length with RememberMore: spacing, interleaving confidence, motivation and interleaving. Spacingand interleaving (metacognition, confidence) Most recently, …
