The terrific www.retrievalpractice.org website has released an outstanding practical guide to
using retrieval practice effectively in your classroom.
al. (2018) Learning to learn: using evidence to enhance knowledge retention and improve outcomes, Impact, Issue 2 Firth, J (2018) The application of spacing and interleaving approaches in the classroom, Impact, Issue 2 Sumeracki, M and Weinstein, Y (2018) Optimising learning
using retrieval practice, Impact, Issue 2
Not exact matches
In Butler's experiment, students engaged either in rereading or in
retrieval practice after reading a text that pertained to one «knowledge domain» — in this case, bats»
use of sound waves to find their way around.
Hundreds of studies have demonstrated that
retrieval practice is better at improving retention than just about any other method learners could
use.
In an effort to make
retrieval practice a common strategy in classrooms across the country, the Washington University team (with the help of research associate Pooja K. Agarwal, now at Harvard University) developed a manual for teachers, How to Use Retrieval Practice to Improve L
practice a common strategy in classrooms across the country, the Washington University team (with the help of research associate Pooja K. Agarwal, now at Harvard University) developed a manual for teachers, How to
Use Retrieval Practice to Improve L
Practice to Improve Learning.
«What I found is that this kind of research has highlighted just how much
practice children need to become confident and accurate in
using retrieval strategies.»
«This finding supports the argument that it's not just a few students who are having trouble
using retrieval - based strategies when they are expected to do so, and the prevalence of this problem suggests that researchers need to stop looking for explanations that are based on cognitive deficit, which are thought to originate with the child, but focus more on understanding how teaching
practices can contribute and even hinder children's development of basic number fact fluency.»
One school is investigating how best to coach and support learners in lower secondary classrooms to
use evidence - informed learning strategies such as spaced
retrieval practice, interleaving, and interrogative elaboration.
Teachers will have the opportunity to discuss how specific learning strategies, such as
retrieval practice, can be adapted and differentiated for effective
use in the classroom.
However, since the term «
practice testing» refers to various
retrieval - based learning activities that occur under various conditions, it can be hard to know how to put this technique to
use most effectively.
Simon Watson in PE has also created some
retrieval practice quizzes for GCSE PE theory content which he and colleagues are now
using at the start of PE theory lessons.
[4:05] Joe's background includes participation in the National Institute of Standard and Technologies Text
Retrieval Conference to co-chairing the Sedona Conference's first panel proposing the
use of statistics to defend reasonable e-discovery efforts, co-authoring the Sedona Conference's best
practices on the
use of search and information
retrieval methods in e-discovery, and achieving quality in the e-discovery process.
The chances of legal firms
using a paper trail to recover in the event of a complete loss of electronic data is slim to non-existent, making data
retrieval and recovery core to their
practice.