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I want to share one of my favorite activities for retrieval practice: I call it Leave One, Add One. Use this engaging 30-minute activity with Google Slides in your classroom and boost your students’ long-term learning.
Read MoreEncourage student reflection with these four retrieval practice activities (no prep and no grading!): Start, Stop, Keep; Rose, Thorn, Bud; Flash Forward; and Five Words. Quick, simple, powerful.
Read MoreWhether you're reflecting on your teaching, or reflecting on the year coming to a close, use one of our favorite discussion prompts: rose, thorn, bud. Try this simple discussion prompt from Powerful Teaching with your students, in professional development, and over the holiday dinner table. Enjoy!
Read MoreWant a quick retrieval practice activity? Ask your students to Flash Forward! Simply ask them one thing they want to remember 10 years from now. Watch my students share their Flash Forwards about psychology. What do your students want to remember?
Read MoreIt's the end of the school year! That means a lot of student presentations. But often, student presentations go in one ear and out the other. Take this opportunity for some student-led retrieval practice! Put students in the driver's seat when presenting – and retrieving.
Read MoreDid you read about our end-of-semester activity from last week, Flash Forward? This week, we have two strategies to add onto Flash Forward – by readers like you!
Read MoreHarness powerful teaching strategies, unleash the science of learning, and transform your classroom with resources by cognitive scientists.
Transform learning in your classroom with practical research-based teaching tips by cognitive scientist Dr. Pooja K. Agarwal.
