1/5/23 CPD Retrieval Practice

What does the research say has a bigger impact on students transitioning from novice to expert level?

• More diagrams

• More questioning

• More worked examples

• More independant practice

Answer explanation

The most effective format is for learners to study a worked example and then immediately after, try to solve a problem with similar features.

This example-problem pair format is repeated over a number of iterations building to a complete set of problems that students need to learn in order to master the new materials.

Extensive research has shown that for novices in particular, this pairing methodology of study-solve, leads to superior performance.

What does the multistore model of memory tell us?

• Memory has 3 components. Sensory, Working and Long term

• Memory has 2 components which are different. Your short and long term memory.

• Working memory is easily overloaded by having too much on your mind.

• That new information is lost over time.

Answer explanation

The multi-store model is an explanation of memory proposed by Atkinson and Shiffrin which assumes there are three unitary (separate) memory stores, and that information is transferred between these stores in a linear sequence.

The three main stores are the sensory memory, working memory (WM) and long-term memory (LTM).

Each of the memory stores differs in the way information is processed (encoding), how much information can be stored (capacity), and for how long (duration).

Which of this is counter productive during modelling of new information in a lesson?

• Lots of examples

• Lots of diagrams/pictures

• Lot of questions posed to students

• Lots of narration

Answer explanation

Asking questions at a delicate stage of encoding new information is very likely to overload working memory.

Which of these is an example biologically primary knowledge?

• Reading

• Counting

• Science

• Problem solving

Answer explanation

Biologically primary knowledge can be learned but not taught. In contrast, secondary knowledge that is taught in educational institutions should be explicitly taught rather than left for students to discover.

What is metacognitive narration?

• Giving students clear verbal feedback during independant practise.

• Teachers verbally correcting incorrect methods by students.

• Modelling the thought process as a domain specific expert to learners.

• Getting students to discuss a method with their partner.

Answer explanation

Metacognitive narration allows the teachers to make the implicit explicit for learners.