The new question-of-the-week is: How and why do you practice retrieval practice in your classroom? The strategy of retrieval practice has been shown by research to be an extremely effective teaching ...

Put down those science text books and work at recalling information from memory. That's the shorthand take away message of new research that says practicing memory retrieval boosts science learning ...

"Cramming doesn't work because information simply doesn't make it to long-term memory.” That is the advice from Tutu Alaka, CEO of Bauhaus Education, who hosted a packed-out family workshop last week ...