Now that October has arrived, most courses have had their first exams, according to Zachary Simmons, psychological sciences. As students come in to review their scores, one common refrain echoes through the halls: “I knew that, but I just couldn’t remember it!” Though it might sound like an excuse, the empirical data is clear: human […]
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TLC From The TLC: More on Interleaving in the Classroom
Last week, Lars Larson challenged us to integrate interleaving into our courses, basing his proposal on principles found in Brown, Roediger, and McDaniel’s Make it Stick (2014). On this week’s TLC blog, Jeffrey White, international languages and cultures, elaborates on how to interleave topics and use brief classroom assessment techniques to support student recall of material. For more information contact […]