As a student teacher, I’ve seen firsthand just how effective Retrieval Practice can be in the classroom. It’s not just "another technique"; it’s a strategy based on extensive research. At its core, ...

Research supports regularly asking students to recall information from memory, and to do that you don’t need a worksheet—just a plain piece of paper works great.

Learning seems like a simple process. The information goes in (encoding), the learner attempts to commit information to memory (storage), and then the learner tries to recall the lesson (access). Even ...

In recent decades, a convergence of cognitive psychology and educational research has provided compelling evidence for the adoption of evidence-based learning strategies aimed at enhancing memory ...