If you aren’t a user of mini whiteboard (MWB) then this is worth a read to see what you might be missing out on spoiler – efficiently identify individuals and by default the class’s understanding of a topic to then enable you to shape what you teach next). Specifically we wanted to highlight MWB’s value as a retrieval tool. Over the next few weeks we’ll be sharing how various Thinking Frames can be used with MWB’s (other mediums are available!) for retrieval. Probably the easiest of the Frames for this purpose is the defining frame. “Define what you know about …” whatever topic it is. This could be at the start of a topic to gauge the baseline of what’s known or at any stage to gauge what’s been remembered. That might be from the last lesson, last week, last year etc