On March 31st, Lauren Proffitt and Stephane Bolton presented to a group of educators about what retrieval practice looks like in the 4th and 1st grade classrooms, respectively. Participants walked away with four separate routines for retrieval practice, including:
Brain Dumps (or Brain Boosts, as Stephane has rebranded them)
Mini-Quizzes
Rapid Retrieval
Big Basket Questions (BBQ)
We also watched exemplar videos of these routines in action, observed student work samples, and engaged in a robust discussion about how to bring this work into participants’ classrooms.
I think it was our highest-impact TTT event to date, and our audience feedback and participation reflected that. Teacher know that retrieval practice is important, and they are HUNGRY for ideas and strategies about how to make it work in their classrooms.
So! We figured we’d share the presentation in both video and podcast format with you. Give it a watch (ideally) or a listen, and let us know what you think. I’m also linking Lauren’s and Stephane’s wonderful slides that are full of relevant links, resources, and EXTRA retrieval routines that we couldn’t get to in an hour.
And while you’re here, go ahead and sign-up for our next two Teachers Teach Teachers events:
