Attendees particularly value how the course turns educational research into clear, practical classroom strategies, covering retrieval practice, questioning, metacognition, spacing and interleaving. They describe the delivery as engaging, energetic and approachable, with well-chosen experiments, examples, discussion and opportunities to apply ideas. The sessions are well paced, accessible and thoughtfully structured, leaving teachers with useful resources and changes they can take straight into lessons.
Generated from recent reviews; may not reflect every review
About this course
Retrieval practice is the most popular memory strategy being discussed in education, as it has been consistently found to improve student learning.
Nearly every educators knows about it now. The next step? Working out how we can best apply it to our practice.
This CPD workshop explores the very latest research and translates it into effective classroom strategies and techniques.
What you will learn
Creating a low-stakes environment
The importance of retrieval being stress-free
Accelerating learning vs Assessing learning
Retrieval tips
Should you give hints?
How to avoid the illusion of learning
The “Retrieval Effort Hypothesis”
Does unsuccessful retrieval help?
Getting a response to retrieval questions from all students
Cold calling
Wait times
Multiple-choice questionnaires
How many answers to give
How hard to make multiple-choice questionnaires
Should you use “All of the above” and “None of the above” answers?
Recent reviews
Decent
Really useful and up to date. Best CPD I’ve had in a long time!
Informative Useful Reflective Interesting Fun Interactive