“Memory is the residue of thought.” Daniel T. Willingham
“The benefits of practice testing and distributed practice are two of the most strongly supported learning strategies in all of psychology.” Dylan Wiliam
This course will help teachers secure the right level of desirable difficulty in retrieval task design and activate high order thinking rather than simple recall. Teachers will also explore how retrieval practice is used to address misconceptions in a timely fashion and make pupils aware of their own gaps in their knowledge and support self-study.
By the end of the course you will
have an understanding of the research behind impactful retrieval practice
have an understanding of how to design and execute tasks to have impact
have practical strategies to use straight away in your lessons
