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What are 2 well replicated and robust research-informed "best bets" for improving learning?
1️⃣ Spaced practice
2️⃣ Retrieval practice
Include them both when you use the Leitner Flashcard Method with your pupils.
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If every topic starts with an engaging, immersive experience, that draws on pupils’ interests, are we are risk of sending the message to pupils, that their own interest in a subject is the key indicator of whether a task is worthwhile or not?
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There are 3 competing demands on our very limited working memory (WM). The WM is where all new information is processed.
Check out our sketchnote to see what you need to do to help pupils manage their cognitive load.
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There are 4 practical tasks that all teachers need to become expert in to develop as curriculum designers:
✔️Data analysis - pupils' needs
✔️Active Learning Objectives
✔️Sequencing learning - coherence
✔️Assessment - to identify next steps
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Los ejemplos resueltos:
- Reducen la carga cognitiva.
- Ayudan a los alumnos a pensar con mayor profundidad.
- Exponen a los alumnos al pensamiento experto.
- Aceleran el aprendizaje.
- Impulsan a los alumnos a volverse más autónomos.
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How Worked Examples Work. Take a look at our new sketchnote for all the key benefits of using worked examples with your pupils. How do you use worked examples with your pupils?
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What great listeners ACTUALLY do. How are your supporting pupils with these different levels of learning?
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In his research Dunlosky et al (2013) identified 5 of the most robust & effective learning strategies you can use with your pupils:
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Not all retrieval practice tasks are equal. Some require more expertise than others to be truly effective.
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How Worked Examples Work. Take a look at our new sketchnote for all the key benefits of using worked examples with your pupils. How do you use worked examples with your pupils?
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If you want pupils to remember what you teach them:
1️⃣Help them make lots of connections with the new content
2️⃣Support them to practice recalling it regularly
This will build both storage strength AND retrieval strength. The two facets of strong memories.
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Build pupils' schema to help them to make connections with new vocabulary, by using these 4 ideas.
We think with words, read them, articulate our ideas in speech and writing. Words are who we are.
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For learning to stick, you need to keep on returning to it. You also need to make sure you leave a gap for forgetting to happen, to strengthen the memory by making the recall desirably difficult.
The Leitner Flashcard method does both.
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Helping pupils to transfer their understanding into novel context is a notoriously difficult thing to do, but there are some strategies that you can try out.
Take a look at our sketchnote to get started.
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