Practical things to try

Helping students to remember foundational knowledge doesn’t need to take up a large amount of teaching time. Retrieval practice can be incorporated into the opening and closing minutes of classes and into small exercises in online and blended courses. Click on the Lesson Content below to find out more details about each Small teaching – Retrieval activity.

If you have tried any of these activities in your own teaching, describe below what your experiences have been like. Have they helped your students master basic knowledge in your course? If you haven’t tried one yet, which one could you put into practice in a current or upcoming course?