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Retrieval in Action: Creative Strategies from Real Teachers

Cult of Pedagogy

I have encouraged giving frequent quizzes , think-pair-shares , and teaching students to use flashcards , but there are a lot of other ways to do it. rapid retrieval: During a lecture, stop every 10 minutes or so to ask a question about a topic you’ve covered. “Present students with a multiple choice question.”

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Digital Devices in the Classroom Can Hinder Long-Term Retention

Edsurge

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.

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

Edsurge

Reading back over a textbook or taking lecture notes with a highlighter at the ready is often done by students, for instance, but these practices have proven of limited merit, and in some cases even counterproductive in aiding recall. Mathematics lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology.

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