retrieval practice Archives - Ditch That Textbook https://ditchthattextbook.com/tag/retrieval-practice/ Ed tech, creative teaching, less reliance on the textbook. Fri, 11 Mar 2022 19:41:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 10 ways to improve students’ long-term learning https://ditchthattextbook.com/longterm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=longterm https://ditchthattextbook.com/longterm/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2022 14:35:00 +0000 https://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=19697 Research has a lot to say about improving students' long-term memory. Here are 10 ideas you can use in class. Long-term memory and recall are important throughout the school year. But at state testing time, they get a LOT of attention. How can students remember some things for the rest of their lives ... but other […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/longterm/feed/ 5 Sticky learning: Digital brain dumps with Flipgrid and Socrative https://ditchthattextbook.com/sticky-learning-digital-brain-dumps-with-flipgrid-and-socrative/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sticky-learning-digital-brain-dumps-with-flipgrid-and-socrative https://ditchthattextbook.com/sticky-learning-digital-brain-dumps-with-flipgrid-and-socrative/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2022 13:49:00 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=6629 Help new information stick in students' minds with the "brain dump," an effective, low-prep activity in the classroom. It’s a common request from teachers of students: Study. Go home and study. Go back over the material. Re-read the material. When we ask students to do this, we mean well. We want them to succeed. But we’re asking […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/sticky-learning-digital-brain-dumps-with-flipgrid-and-socrative/feed/ 2 Using Kahoot! and others the way your brain craves https://ditchthattextbook.com/using-kahoot-and-others-the-way-your-brain-craves/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=using-kahoot-and-others-the-way-your-brain-craves https://ditchthattextbook.com/using-kahoot-and-others-the-way-your-brain-craves/#respond Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:27:23 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=6177 We use tech tools like Kahoot! in the classroom all the time. When we pair them with brain science strategies, they can be even more powerful. (Sketch by Matt Miller)Sure, you might think. I use Kahoot! and G Suite and others in the classroom all the time. They're great. But are you using them the way […]

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