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Going through my files to find a couple of examples of #retrievalpractice for training tonight. I've found that I have made (or "borrowed" from others) over 30 different resources that have helped my students enormously over the last year. A thread of some of the most effective
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When you use Retrieval Practice with your students, do you also give them feedback? In today's new blog we're exploring the benefits of combining the two, and how you can do so in your classroom๐Ÿ‘‡ bit.ly/3g4ACu2
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I am passionate about developing studentsโ€™ reading competence because as a youngster, I wasn't a particularly strong reader. This one-pager I created with @teacherhead, summarises five ways to weave reading into the curriculum. Tomโ€™s original blog is here: teacherhead.com/2022/05/05/fโ€ฆ
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A couple of weeks back @researchEDDur, I posed the question โ€œhow many students in your school can go a whole week and never be asked to verbally share their thinking?โ€. Here are five ways to scaffold studentsโ€™ discussions & verbal responses. @teacherhead teacherhead.com/2021/12/01/fโ€ฆ
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Retrieval Practice doesn't need to be complicated, it just needs to get students retrieving knowledge from their memory. This task I would use as a weekly retrieval task. Took me about ten minutes to design and combines elements from other templates.
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7 Myths about retrieval practice. This is based on my recent @researchEDDur presentation. Created by the wonderful & talented @MrGoodwin23 Retrieval practice is an effective T&L strategy for all learners but it is vulnerable to myths & mutations! ๐Ÿง 
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After a fantastic, but long day of #ALevel geography #fieldwork our Year 13s still make time for a laugh! #TopGeoging @BarnwellSchool @Barnwell6thForm
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#ALevel Geography independent #fieldwork investigations really coming together. Fantastic day with @GFASouthwold Youโ€™ve unearthed unlikely drone pilots today! #TopGeoging @Barnwell6thForm @BarnwellSchool
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Look at this from @Doug_Lemov an annotated forgetting curve. Super helpful ๐Ÿ‘Œ ๐Ÿ‘ teachlikeachampion.org/blog/โ€ฆโ€ฆ
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In celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth and this year's #BlackHeroesMaths we've worked with @ch_nira to produce a poster celebrating Black mathematicians! It's free to download from icms.org.uk/news/black-heroeโ€ฆ
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Good feedback is hard to give โ€“ and not every type of feedback is made equal. So, why not try "feeding forward"? ๐Ÿ‘‡ bit.ly/3BOnsIr
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Supporting pupils with SEND in mainstream schools NEW EEF animation shows how teachers can use the โ€œFive-a-Dayโ€ approach to improve outcomes for all children in their classroom. Watch here ๐Ÿ‘‡ #SEND #Education
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We do like these one page summaries from @MrThorntonTeach Very generous copies here: mrthorntonteach.com ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘
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