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Welcome to the course

Welcome to the ‘Small Teaching: Retrieval’ course which has been developed with James M. Lang. The more times that students retrieve something from memory, the more easily they are able to access that memory in the future. This enables students to free up their working memory for other cognitive processes and to deepen their understanding and learning. This is a key finding from the science of learning, one that, when acted upon, unlocks a whole range of benefits for students and educators. In this course, we will look at retrieval practice, what it entails and how to embed it in your classroom (whether face to face or online) to get your students developing the foundational knowledge and skills that will enable them to go on to greater things.

“The research on retrieval practice suggests that it occurs most powerfully when students have to think about what they are retrieving, rather than just regurgitating it.”

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