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How to activate students’ natural desire to test themselves

Kristian Still 15 Feb ’22 11 Sep ’22

Answering questions is not just fun, it is also a good way to learn. Vaughn and Kornell (2019) In the previous post I shared the performance gains of self-testing (6%) Vaughn et al (2021). This then, is the Hollywood prequel …

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The Influence of Self-Testing

Kristian Still 14 Feb ’22 28 Oct ’22

This has nothing to do with Covid, or lfts, but quite frankly finding an image for this post on “self-testing” was hardly straightforward. There were hundreds of images on testing. That tells us something – right. The influence of self-testing …

Suffering and successful failures17 Dec ’24
It is a well rehearsed narrative, that we learn, gain, benefit more from our loses than from our triumphs. More from adversity than from our easy successes. Loses, adversity, often serves as the crucible in which our triumphs and our successes are forged. Matthew McConaughey …
Unresolvable problems16 Dec ’24
This was an unfinished post I first drafted six months ago when I was still in education as a Deputy Headteacher. Funnily enough, it is as relevant to my new role as COO and so I looked to finish and post it. It is certainly …
Dump Your To-Do List, Write Your To-Be List29 Nov ’24
In the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, we often find ourselves buried under an avalanche of to-do lists. These lists, while seemingly helpful, can sometimes become the very a source of stress and worry they were designed to overcome. But what if there …
I still expect the carpet to be pulled out from under me3 Nov ’24
This post is written for a friend. The point of desperation is often the point of truth. He wrote. How do your move forward, when you still expect the carpet to be pulled out from under you? If you can move at all? Let alone …