Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
How to use Retrieval Practice, Practice makes perfect, and the more the…
How to use Retrieval Practice
What is retrieval practice
Calling information to mind
enhances and boosts learning
Struggle and challenge improve memory
Should be used as a learning strategy
More potent learning strategy compared to others
Why does retrieval practice improve learning?
Leads to long-term learning
The more difficult the practice, the better for long-term learning
Recalling is better than looking for the answer
Metacognition
Awareness of what students know and don’t know
Teachers can adjust lesson plans to ensure that all students are
on the same page
Feedback is SUPER important
Feedback should always be provided after practice
What does retrieval also improve?
Increases understanding
• Improves students’ complex thinking and application skills
• Improves students’ organization of knowledge
• Improves students’ transfer of knowledge to new concepts
Helps identify gaps in our learning
Retrieval decreases test
anxiety
How to implement retrieval practice
Steps to follow:
Second, keep in mind that
retrieval practice should be used as a learning strategy,
Third, always provide feedback
First, use retrieval practice to engage all students
Clickers or colored index cards
Engage students in recalling information from
memory
Paper-and-pencil and computer- or web-based quizzes can be used to accomplish the same retrieval practice goals as clickers
Alternatively, each student could have their own set of colored index cards, with the letters A, B, C, and D on them
you can provide
immediate feedback after students respond
Bell work or exit tickets
Give small slips of paper that include questions about content learned in class
This engages students in
retrieval practice, while conserving classroom time so you can focus on teaching – but don’t forget to give feedback!
Retrieval practice works with any textbook materials, especially those that come with practice questions
Retrieval practice doesn’t take more classroom time – it involves using classroom time more effectively
Retrieval practice is more robust if it
takes place after a lesson
Practice makes perfect, and
the more the retrieval practice, the
harder it is to forget information