retrieval practice is the idea that taking practice, formative or summative quizzes or tests, improves learning. There's an abundance of literature showing that people who take tests in one form or another, tend to learn more than people who don't. We e somewhat misunderstood as we need to give people more tests, more exams,. And that's not s a good thing to do.
Phil Newton joins me to talk about evidence-based teaching practices on episode 363 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Many different things can count as evidence, but the key is whether or not they are useful for you in your particular context.
-Phil Newton
Assessment drives learning.
-Phil Newton