December 2019
Instructional Technology Coach Newsletter
Bransford's Professional Development Sessions for December
DEC 17 TUE
- Using Bold School High Effect Strategies with Nearpod
- Section # 12172
- 3:45 PM – 5:45 PM
- (LHS Media Center)
December's LaVergne Bold Teacher Spotlight
Christina Manley
December's Instructional Strategy
Spaced vs. Mass Practice .71
It is the frequency of different opportunities, rather than
merely spending more time on task that makes the difference
in learning. This is not drill and practice, but rather
deliberative practice involving specific skills, complex
performance, and attainment of success criteria. Students
often need 3-4 exposures to the learning- usually over several
days- before there is reasonable probability they will learn.
Students in spaced practice perform higher than in mass
practice. The effectiveness of the length of pacing is related
to the challenge/complexity of the task: stronger effects
were found for simple tasks with brief rest periods, and
longer rest periods (at least 24 hours) for more complex
tasks.
Direct Instruction .59
In a nutshell, the teacher decides the learning intentions and
success criteria, demonstrates them by modeling, evaluates if
students understood what they have been told by checking
for understanding, and re-telling them what they have told by
tying it all together with closure. The effects of direct
instruction are similar for regular and special ed/lower ability
students, higher for reading than mathematics, similar for low
level word attack and also for high level comprehension, and
similar for elementary and high school students. The
messages of the meta-analyses underline the power of
stating the learning intentions and success criteria, then
engaging students in moving toward these.
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