Research
Research

Curriculum grain size, retrieval and the fragile and mysterious effects on memory

Teaching Holes to Year 7 pupils we quiz every lesson. We pre-test chapter target vocabulary via matched diagnostic and target cues (word-definitions). We then post-test (spacing within the lesson). As we progress through the text, we continue with matched quizzes …

Test-enhanced learning: Successive Relearning (part IV)

Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not information. They are distinctly different and should be taught distinctly differently. Even knowing this, we won’t travel far at all without pupils’ attention and the borders of the hinterland will remain at a …