I recently remembered this post about retrieval practice and stress. I was talking to one of my students about retrieval practice and stress, and went back to the blog to help me remember some aspects of the research. Upon seeing the …
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Motivation Effects and Efficiency of Retrieval Practice over Lecture
Retrieval practice is one of the most robust strategies that we have for durable learning. Today I’m reviewing a study that pushed retrieval practice to it’s limits. If retrieval practice is THIS effective, are we wasting time with lectures? Should we just jump straight to the practice?
Retrieval Practice: Hiding Broccoli in the Brownies (repost)
Today’s piece is a repost from a number of years ago. I’ve loved comparing “hiding broccoli in the brownies” to infusing retrieval practice into fun activities. Doing so is a great way to get even more retrieval practice! i do it in my classes with adult learners, and I suspect it is particularly helpful to elementary school teachers. However, it’s also …
Flipped Classrooms: Can We Skip the Lecture?
While we have our own internal and correlational data that allows me to cautiously allow students to skip the lecture, here we have experimental data that actually says skipping the lecture might be better for my students. Spoiler alert: it’s not that simple.
Improving Multiple-Choice Retrieval Practice
Today I review a series of experiments that extends previous research by having students provide justifications for their MC answers. As in other techniques for retrieval, answer justification has the potential to increase understanding and retention through elaborative retrieval…