Retrieval Practice: Research & Resources for every classroom: Resources and research for every classroom

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A knowledge organiser is a good learning tool to start from here, as it should include the core information.

Instead, what we are trying to do is deliberately interrupt the forgetting curve. It is better to think of this regular quizzing as a student learning event in itself, as opposed to an assessment. Whether you’re a history specialist or you teach politics, RE, PE or something else entirely, you’ll find this template useful. Science teacher Adam Boxer explains that while retrieval practice isn’t the easiest way to revise, it’s definitely the most effective… In the example about Roman Britain above, we would include the correct answer (Romulus), but then also add in plausible distractors. These would include Remus, Julius Caesar and Tiberinus (the god who saved Romulus and Remus from the river).Look at your scheme of learning for a half term. Decide what the key takeaway concepts or vocabulary are in that time. It may seem counterintuitive, but that effortful struggle is exactly what produces the strengthened retrieval in future.

They’ll tell you about how funny it was to think about Alexander having a Nando’s. Some children may not get the joke and actually think Alexander the Great did eat Nando’s. If your pupils struggle to recall yesterday’s lesson, prompt them to retrieve information from memory by embedding regular quizzes into your curriculum design, with these ideas from Jon Hutchinson, director of training and development at the Reach Foundation…This retrieval practice grid doesn’t include multiple choice options. This is because, according to Professor John Dunlosky, “students will benefit most from tests that require recall from memory and not from tests that merely ask them to recognise the correct answer”. How to use the grids