If you’ve read TLAC 3.0 you know we’re big on knowledge organizers and retrieval practice over at TLAC Towers, so it was with great excitement that members of our team met up with Art Worrell, Uncommon Schools’ Director of 5-12 History, this week to look at footage of how history teachers were using and applying retrieval…
A few weeks ago I co-wrote an article with Kate Jones on the idea of retrieval practice questions. After some further conversations Kate shared this new reflection on how to use exit tickets to build long-term memory and learning. Inspired by a recent conversation with Doug on Teachers Talk Radio, I have been reflecting…
After eighteen months, schools are at last welcoming students back to classrooms. But even as it feels like we’re approaching some semblance of classroom normalcy, questions about how we can help students catch up academically after a year of virtual/hybrid instruction loom large. Although it can be hard to precisely quantify the academic impact of this…
Just last month I finally completed and published The Coach’s Guide to Teaching; this month I’m wrapping up the manuscript to the new 3.0 version of Teach Like a Champion. One of its themes of 3.0 is making clearer and more extensive connections to research so one thing the two books will have in common is…
As you can tell from reading this blog, our team has been furiously watching footage of online instruction. We’ve been inspired by the enthusiasm and humility of teachers as they take on sudden new challenges in the name of remote instruction. Last week we watched several teachers doing Retrieval Practice as part of their online lessons. …