Improving Classroom Quizzes

How can a few simple modifications to quizzing create a more effective and accurate assessment of learning?

February 2, 2023 4

Improving Multiple Choice Questioning

How can a simple modification to multiple choice questioning create a more effective learning opportunity?

November 18, 2022 4

Improving the Exit Ticket

The exit ticket is an often used method of assessment in the classroom. But is it being use effectively?

November 2, 2022 5

Just A Little Bit Better

Every year, I find a different aspect of teaching to work on to be just a little bit better. What am I focusing on this year?

August 18, 2022 1

Reverse Engineering the Multiple-Choice Question

A classroom strategy to enhance multiple choice questioning.

November 19, 2021 8

Talking About Forgetting with Students

How we frame forgetting in the classroom could use an adjustment.

October 1, 2021 5

Highlighting with a Purpose

How can highlighters be more effectively used in the classroom?

September 8, 2021 1

Before, During, and After Thinking Strategies

How do our students consider their learning before, during, and after a lesson?

October 12, 2020 2

Superfoods and Classroom Instruction

What sort of diet are you providing for your students?

July 29, 2020 4

Confidence Weighted Multiple-Choice Questioning

Can this strategy for answering multiple-choice questions improve retention of both correct and incorrect responses?

June 22, 2020 4

How Should I Study for the Test?

Two strategies to introduce to students when they ask, "How should I study for the test?"

June 6, 2020 2

Three Hurdles Students Must Clear to Maximize Assessment’s Benefits

What ideas about assessment block students from seeing it as a powerful tool for learning?

May 20, 2020 4

A Better Retrieval Practice?

There's evidence to support the use of diminishing cues retrieval practice in place of standard retrieval practice.

May 18, 2020 4

Ranking Multiple-Choice Answers to Increase Cognition

How can ranking multiple-choice answers increase cognition and understanding of material?

April 27, 2020 9

How Do You Know What You Know?

I was recently asked this question: What advice would you give to a young adult student who can't tell whether she knows the material?

February 13, 2020 5

Growing a Brain Dump

How can growing a brain dump lead to more efficient and effective study habits?

January 13, 2020 6

Going Goal-Free During Formative Assessment

How can removing goals during assessment lead to better thinking with/about class material?

January 9, 2020 8

Recall or Recognition Questions When Retrieving?

When reviewing, should recall or recognition questions be provided for students to answer?

December 4, 2019 11

An “Ah-Ha” Moment with Spaced Practice in the Classroom

I was recently given the perfect chance to show my students how powerful spacing practice can be on retrieval of material.

October 5, 2019 11

Practicing to Boredom in the Classroom

Maybe boredom, when used as an indicator of learning, can be quite useful in the classroom.

August 29, 2019 3

Two Simple ‘Add-ons’ to Get More Out of Formative Assessment

Two simple strategies that are easily applied across a wide range of classes.

July 28, 2019 3

From Unknown to Known in the Classroom

How can analysis of formative assessment lead to more deliberate studying and more efficient and effective study habits?

May 29, 2019 9

Retrieval Practice in the Collaborative Setting

How are the benefits of retrieval practice affected by the collaborative setting?

February 2, 2019 10

GUEST POST – Regulating the Routes to Knowledge: The Traffic Light Review

A simple activity students can utilize to assess their learning and direct their studying.

January 2, 2019 0

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