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As the author of a book solely dedicated to retrieval practice I often get asked questions by teachers, students and parents about this teaching and learning strategy. People are also keen t…

Abdurrahman Pérez shares his retrieval practice resource for students to embed knowledge, identify their own knowledge gaps and boost learning

Earlier this year we shared with you about Pooja K. Agarwal’s research on retrieval practice and it’s immense benefits to increased student content memory and academic performance. One of the strat…

Retrieval practice is a hot topic in the Twitterverse right now, and for good reason; it is a high-yield and easily implemented strategy that works. The idea behind retrieval is that bringing information to mind (getting information OUT of students' heads rather than cramming more IN) boosts memory and helps to disrupt the forgetting curve. A team of cognitive scientists has compiled an amazing set of research and tools at https://www.retrievalpractice.org/. I highly recommend spending a day…

Retrieval Practice, the act of generating answers to questions, is one of the best ways for students to learn for the long term. Here are 6 reasons why.

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We have written and talked a lot about retrieval practice as a way to reinforce learning on The Learning Scientists. So, if you follow our work you know there are many benefits to retrieval practice and many ways to implement retrieval. (If you’re new, welcome! To start learning …

The title of this post should perhaps have been ’25 ideas for retrieval starters that can also be used as plenaries or simply basic lesson activities’ but it was less catchy… The only reason …

Nothing cements long-term learning as powerfully as retrieval practice. Learn how to incorporate it into your classroom.