High-Stakes Testing vs. Anxiety and Metacognition
Reading Time: 2 minutes Do exams increase student anxiety, and as a consequence, do they impact on metacognitive ability to…
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Lecturing Not Effective for Developing Problem-Solving Skills
Reading Time: 3 minutes Does lecture-style teaching improve problem solving skills?
Recall Type-Tasks Make A Difference
Reading Time: 3 minutes Do the types of recall activities a teacher chooses to use, impact on learning by retrieval…
Spacing, Feedback, and Retrieval Boosts Learning Online
Reading Time: 3 minutes Can teachers use what they know about cognitive science and successfully apply it to remote teaching?
The Earliest Study on Retrieval Practice
Reading Time: 2 minutes What can teachers learn from one of the earliest studies on retrieval practice?
Taking Tests Improves Long-Term Retention
Reading Time: 2 minutes To recover learning lost, should teachers test their students more than in any other academic year?
The Illusion Of Learning: Improving Student Metacognition
Reading Time: 4 minutes What do you know about ‘metamemory’ illusion?
Graphic Organisers of Working Memory
Reading Time: 4 minutes How does learning happen?
A Systematic Review of (Classroom) Retrieval Practice
Reading Time: 3 minutes Does retrieval practice improve student learning in school and classroom settings?
Guidance for Newly Qualified Teachers Starting Teaching
Reading Time: 4 minutes How should new teachers prepare for their first job in teaching?
The Cognitive Science of Powerpoint (Pedagogy)
Reading Time: 4 minutes How should teachers re-engineer their Powerpoint slides to support learning?
What Happens To Our Brain When We Use Spaced Practice?
Reading Time: 3 minutes What happens to learners when use spaced practice in our classroom?