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Evidence-Based Teaching Practices

Teaching in Higher Ed

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Retrieval Practice

Teachers are often told that assessment drives learning, which we're often told is a bad thing. But i think at the end of the day, it's a lot of human nature, and let's try and work with it to get the best for everybody. I got such a kick out of using the same deck of flash cards where were students would do something on their own to to do retrieval practice. And then they would come into the class and do something in a group. The individual practice might be just a tiny handful of points just to get them to do it, but no score as far as right or wrong. It's sort of building up, both in terms of smaller stakes

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