Cult of Pedagogy
APRIL 27, 2025
rapid retrieval: During a lecture, stop every 10 minutes or so to ask a question about a topic you’ve covered. ” Peer Instruction This strategy turns a simple multiple-choice question into a quick collaborative activity. “Present students with a multiple choice question.”
Catlin Tucker
APRIL 14, 2020
Last night I had the opportunity to be a guest lecturer for students in the credential program at UC Riverside. As I was planning my presentation, I knew I wanted to engage the group attending my lecture. It quickly identified “risk-taking” as the aspect of school culture that was the least visible.
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Catlin Tucker
OCTOBER 10, 2021
Even though the flipped classroom encouraged teachers to record lectures and mini-lessons to send home with students for homework, video can be woven into the class period to shift control from teacher to learner. Engagement Strategy #1 Pair the Video with Questions. Edpuzzle has both multiple choice and short answer questions.
Catlin Tucker
MARCH 11, 2019
Classically, the transfer of information has occurred in class via lecture and practice has been assigned for homework. Teachers can: Use a tool like Edpuzzle to create a lesson around the video with short answer and multiple choice questions. Pair the video in an online discussion using Google Classroom or Schoology.
Edsurge
AUGUST 17, 2018
The study , published in the journal Educational Psychology, found that when students divide attention between electronic devices and a classroom lecture, they still followed the lecture in the moment, but that long-term retention was reduced, resulting in lower grades on unit and final exams.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
We have evidence that when you take a demanding test that requires reasoning, reading a book or listening to a lecture in preparation is no different than doing nothing. Alternatively, if there’s a lecture and only one side of an argument is presented, students don’t think as much. Here, read a book, or listen to a lecture.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 16, 2020
You know the apps I’m talking about: the ones that send students question after question, incentivizing them through points, badges, and “leveling up.” After all, students are interacting with content, and sure, it’s probably better than simply watching a lecture and sitting quietly.
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