How to Space Spaced-Retrieval!!
For ‘Retrievalists’, this has the scope to be one of the most useful posts we’ve come across in a while. Because, whenever, we deliver a session on memory […]
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Is your school ready to prove its real “value-add” in the age of AI?
As a parent (and educator) it forces you to question whether your child’s school is genuinely adding value. We need a robust ‘value add’ accountability metric. In English
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‘Just Forget About It’ … Why Forgetting Makes Learning Possible
During training, whenever we introduce teachers to why forgetting is a good thing, there is always a sense of disbelief. That’s despite it also seeming to give great
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“Attention Please Class”! Practical ways to get it …
We recently flagged an excellent overview of attention regulation skills, which was great on the principles but whose scope wasn’t to cover practical classroom strategies. So, conveniently those
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Learning’s Silent Killer: The Transient Information Effect
Given what a killer it is for learning, we’ve long thought that there isn’t enough importance placed on how to teach for “The Transient Information Effect” – when
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Attention Regulation Skills: Inhibition, Working Memory and Cognitive Flexibility …
The team at the Center for Curriculum Redesign have released an excellent read that looks at the complex concept of executive functions (EFs) and their crucial role in
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Winter Research Roundup
Self-Regulated Learning: First up is a comprehensive summary of the research from our own Lorna Gardiner around Self Regulated Learning – what it actually is, how it is developed and how
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