Generate questions, testing or restudy?
Exams season is upon us. With hindsight, I should have written and posted this sooner. This post focuses on revision for long-term retention. That is …
Low, low, low-stakes bests desirable difficulties
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 …
The one thing you wish you knew about teaching…
Blake does ask some good questions. I cherry picked a few of my favourite responses from a community of semi-like minded educators (we all follow …
Practice Sets – for Google Classroom
“Practice sets: a more personal path to learning” If Google get this right – and teachers understand it right (and iterate and develop the concept) …
Sleep tight – a spacing opportunity
Sleep interests me. From personal effectiveness (Marine time) and early morning risers routines to research into young people well-being. We all know how vital sleep …
Remembered More – personalised spaced retrieval
Planning is essential however plans are pretty useless. Teaching Holes by Louis Sachar for the first time, the scheme of learning was written with plenty …