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Importance of Long-Term Memory & Practicing Recall:

• • Crucial all year, especially during state testing.

  • Some content is remembered forever; other content is quickly forgotten.

  • Pooja K. Agarwal, Ph.D., highlights the focus on getting information into students' heads is not enough.

  • Consistent evidence supports the effectiveness of retrieval practice for long-term learning.

Retrieval Practice:

• • A low-preparation, cost-free strategy that enhances learning by actively recalling information.

  • Moves beyond short-term learning to deep, long-term knowledge retention.

  • Free recall, short-answer, and multiple-choice questions.

  • Incorporating a delay between learning and retrieval to enhance learning.

  • Best used as a low-stakes learning strategy, not a graded assessment.

  • Additional focus and creative application can boost its effectiveness, especially for state testing.