Spacing
"People learn at least as much, and retain it much longer, when they distribute - or "space" - their study time than when they concentrate it......
..The spacing effect is especially useful for memorizing new material." (Carey, 2015)
"People learn at least as much, and retain it much longer, when they distribute - or "space" - their study time than when they concentrate it......
..The spacing effect is especially useful for memorizing new material." (Carey, 2015)
Spacing practice is the practice of putting time in between attempts to pull out information from the brain. It could refer to hours, days, weeks, or months in between attempts to retrieve the same information.
Big Basket Quizzes (BBQ): Space Out Retrieval with a "BBQ," (Agarwal & Bain, 2019)
Summary: Create a basket in which you place a couple of questions from each lesson you teach. Every Friday include an end of the week BBQ as a quiz. Include questions from the current unit of learning, but also from previous weeks by pulling questions from the basket. Students not only have to recall information from what they just learned but from prior learning. Each week choose ten question that touch on prior learning. Then put those questions back in the basket.
Blasts from the Past, (Agarwal & Bain, 2019)
Summary: To include spacing into any lesson, simply pause in instruction and say, "Remember when we learned about X, think about it, and Turn and Talk to your partner." Then call on a number of students to share. You can then add a follow up question, " Now let's ponder how this relates to our current topic."
Retrieval Grid (Kate Jones)
Summary: Design a review game that allows students to answer questions for different point values. Recent learning is for a lower point value than previous learning.
Download the template here (You can also make a copy and make it your own): Retrieval Grid
Watch a video on how to play here: How to Use a Retrieval Grid
The Unfair Review Game
Summary: Use this for spacing and interleaving a variety of content. Students love and hate how unfair the game is.
Video Demo: Demo
Canva Template: Canva Template
Jam Board Template: jamboard template
Brain Dump/ Memory Strategy: Close your book and write down everything you can remember about... (pick a topic previously taught).
Summary: Use this strategy to have students write down everything they can on a previously learned topic.
Daily Math Review (K-8th) or Daily Grammar Review (2nd-8th). These are available on Beyond Textbook website under the Math and Writing sections, respectively. Use BT website to find your grade level reviews. Below are just a couple of examples.
Blank Recall (These methods can be used for retrieval of current topics or for spacing and interleaving of previously taught topics.)
( Do Nows, Warmup Worksheets, or Bell Work, Exit Tickets -Online or with post its, white board formative quizzes, Kahoot It!, Google Forms, Go Math Share and Show in workbooks and online, Socrative, Quizizz, paper and pencil quizzes)