{"id":96233,"date":"2025-07-27T12:31:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T16:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=96233"},"modified":"2025-07-27T13:58:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T17:58:10","slug":"15-quick-and-mighty-retrieval-practices-leonard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2025\/07\/27\/15-quick-and-mighty-retrieval-practices-leonard\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Quick (and Mighty) Retrieval Practices [Leonard]"},"content":{"rendered":"

15 Quick (and Mighty) Retrieval Practices<\/strong><\/a> — from edutopia.org by\u00a0Daniel Leonard
\nFrom concept maps to flash cards to Pictionary, these activities help students reflect on\u2014and remember\u2014what they\u2019ve learned.<\/em><\/p>\n

But to genuinely commit information to long-term memory, there\u2019s no replacement for active retrieval\u2014the effortful practice of recalling information from memory, unaided by external sources like notes or the textbook. \u201cStudying this way is mentally difficult,\u201d Willingham acknowledged, \u201cbut it\u2019s really, really good for memory.\u201d
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\nFrom low-stakes quizzes to review games to flash cards, there are a variety of effective retrieval practices that teachers can implement in class or recommend that students try at home. Drawing from a wide range of research, we compiled this list of 15 actionable retrieval practices.<\/p>\n

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And speaking of cognitive science, also see:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Cognitive Science,\u2019 All the Rage in British Schools, Fails to Register in U.S.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0— from the74million.org by Greg Toppo
\nEducators blame this \u2018reverse Beatles effect\u2019 on America\u2019s decentralized system and grad schools that are often hostile to research.<\/em><\/p>\n

When Zach Groshell zoomed in as a guest on a longstanding British\u00a0education podcast<\/a>\u00a0last March, a co-host began the interview by telling listeners he was \u201cvery well-known over in the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n

Groshell, a former Seattle-area fourth-grade teacher, had to laugh: \u201cNobody knows me here in the U.S.,\u201d he said in an interview.<\/p>\n

But in Britain, lots of teachers know his name. An in-demand speaker at education conferences, he flies to London \u201cas frequently as I can\u201d to discuss\u00a0Just Tell Them<\/em><\/a>, his 2024 book on explicit instruction. Over the past year, Groshell has appeared virtually about once a month and has made two personal appearances at events across England.<\/p>\n

The reason? A discipline known as cognitive science. Born in the U.S., it relies on decades of research on how kids learn to guide teachers in the classroom, and is at the root of several effective reforms, including the Science of Reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

15 Quick (and Mighty) Retrieval Practices — from edutopia.org by\u00a0Daniel Leonard From concept maps to flash cards to Pictionary, these activities help students reflect on\u2014and remember\u2014what they\u2019ve learned. But to genuinely commit information to long-term memory, there\u2019s no replacement for active retrieval\u2014the effortful practice of recalling information from memory, unaided by external sources like notes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,115,302,343,32,215,71,3,373,119,46,102,7,838,78,468,173,196,101,345,217,83,66,89,50,195,38,321,214,367,445],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assessment","category-colleges","category-community-colleges","category-education","category-education-technology","category-educational-games-serious-games","category-faculty-staff","category-higher-education","category-homeschoolinghomeschoolers","category-instructional-design","category-k-12-related","category-learning","category-learning-ecosystem","category-learning-experience-design","category-memory","category-metacognition-metacognitive-skills","category-pedagogy","category-productivity-tips-and-tricks","category-psychology","category-reading","category-research","category-science","category-student-related","category-teachers","category-teaching-learning","category-tools","category-uk","category-united-states","category-universities","category-vendors","category-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96233"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96266,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96233\/revisions\/96266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}