Cecilia Astolfi , Teacher of Physics, Brentwood School, UK
Flashcards are a method of retrieval involving a prompt or question on one side of a card, and a sta...
Retrieval practice, or reconstructing knowledge by bringing it to mind from your memory, has been shown by numerous researchers to improve student learning (see...
Retrieval practice in the form of multiple-choice testing has been shown to be successful as a learning strategy, including in the primary classroom (McDaniel e...
Amanda Spielman (Spielman, 2017) has said ‘at the very heart of education sits the vast accumulated wealth of human knowledge and what we choose to impart to th...
Our CPD packs are designed to support members in further exploring the themes raised in each Impact journal. CPD packs provide guidance and resources to help fa...
What are tests and questioning good for?
Jonathan Firth
The 'testing effect', widely referred to now as 'retrieval practice', is a well-known psychological ph...