{"id":64235,"date":"2018-07-25T05:00:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T09:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=64235"},"modified":"2018-07-24T12:11:57","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T16:11:57","slug":"supporting-learning-in-the-classroom-w-retrieval-practice-formative-assessment-summative-assessment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2018\/07\/25\/supporting-learning-in-the-classroom-w-retrieval-practice-formative-assessment-summative-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting learning in the classroom w\/ retrieval practice, formative assessment, &#038; summative assessment."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cake, cake, cake. That&#8217;s the theme for today&#8217;s update!<\/strong> &#8212; from Pooja Agarwal and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retrievalpractice.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>retrievalpractice.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition to loving cake, this sweet delight illustrates how we can best support learning in the classroom: <strong>with retrieval practice, formative assessment, and summative assessment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read on for yummy goodness:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How these three ingredients are similar and different<\/li>\n<li>Why this combination makes for a perfect cake<\/li>\n<li>Why learning is not a bake off, cupcake war, or throw down (sorry to disappoint!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Three key ingredients for learning<br \/>\n<\/strong>Chances are, you&#8217;re familiar with this two-part process:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Formative assessment:<\/strong> Checking on and monitoring students&#8217; learning, which provides teachers and students with information about progress. We think of formative assessment as inserting a toothpick to see how the cake is doing while it\u2019s baking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summative assessment:<\/strong> Discovering what students know by measuring learning. This is when we get to celebrate accomplishments with cake and also get a sense of what can be improved upon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>But where does retrieval practice fit in?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Retrieval practice:<\/strong> Learning how to crack an egg, measure ingredients, and mix it all together. This is when we embrace mistakes rather than emphasize perfection, because challenges are a good thing for learning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>What does this mean for you?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Key similarity:<\/strong> All three involve bringing information to mind. In other words, they all require retrieval! From the outside, it can look like one seamless process, and that\u2019s a good thing. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Learning isn\u2019t linear and neither is retrieval.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Key difference:<\/strong> Retrieval practice doesn\u2019t require data collection. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Nothing needs to be recorded in the gradebook.<\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Retrieval is a no-stakes opportunity when students can experiment, be challenged, and improve over time.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Takeaway:<\/strong> For powerful learning, we must be mindful of which ingredients we\u2019re using, which stage we&#8217;re in, and how we can incorporate even more retrieval practice throughout the entire learning (and baking) process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Also, be sure to see their guides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retrievalpractice.org\/library\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retrievalpractice.org\/library\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-64238 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RetrievalPracticeDotOrg-Guides-2018-1024x426.jpg\" alt=\"Go to retrievalpractice.org\/library to see some great guides on using retrieval practice\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RetrievalPracticeDotOrg-Guides-2018-1024x426.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RetrievalPracticeDotOrg-Guides-2018-150x62.jpg 150w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RetrievalPracticeDotOrg-Guides-2018-768x320.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cake, cake, cake. That&#8217;s the theme for today&#8217;s update! &#8212; from Pooja Agarwal and retrievalpractice.org In addition to loving cake, this sweet delight illustrates how we can best support learning in the classroom: with retrieval practice, formative assessment, and summative assessment. Read on for yummy goodness: How these three ingredients are similar and different Why [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,3,373,119,46,102,223,78,173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assessment","category-higher-education","category-homeschoolinghomeschoolers","category-instructional-design","category-k-12-related","category-learning","category-learning-theories","category-memory","category-pedagogy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64235"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64240,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64235\/revisions\/64240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}