learning & memory | Cult of Pedagogy

The Great and Powerful Graphic Organizer

22Oct2017

by Jennifer Gonzalez

Beneath its simplicity lies an absolute dynamo, a vehicle that can cement learning more firmly than a lot of the other stuff we try, in a lot less time.

Retrieval Practice: The Most Powerful Learning Strategy You’re Not Using

24Sep2017

by Jennifer Gonzalez

Nothing cements long-term learning as powerfully as retrieval practice. Learn how to incorporate it into your classroom.

6 Powerful Learning Strategies You MUST Share with Students

11Dec2016

by Jennifer Gonzalez

Studying can be taught. Learn how retrieval practice, interleaving, elaboration, and other research-based study strategies can help your students learn better.

Book Review: Hattie’s Visible Learning for Teachers

22May2016

by Christine Bainbridge

This is a book to settle into. Grab a highlighter, take notes, think and reflect, because this book might challenge some of your preconceived notions.

5 Common Teaching Practices I’m Kicking to the Curb

3Sep2015

by Jennifer Gonzalez

Are any of these ineffective teaching methods still part of your practice? Time to reconsider.

Know Your Terms: Memory Palace

12Aug2015

by Jennifer Gonzalez

Mnemonics help us remember things: Roy G. Biv, Every Good Boy Does Fine. But there’s one you may not have heard of, and it might be the coolest one of all.

Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

15Jul2015

by Jennifer Gonzalez

Some of our most common practices in classrooms, music studios, and athletic fields are actually pretty ineffective ways to learn. So what should we be doing instead?

3 Tips to Make Any Lesson More Culturally Responsive

1Apr2015

by Zaretta Hammond

Google “culturally responsive teaching” and you can find a dozen videos of well-meaning teachers leading some call-and-response chant about exponents or rapping about the Boston Tea Party while students sit back and giggle.

In Praise of Think-Pair-Share

13Jan2015

by Jennifer Gonzalez

Celebrating Think-Pair-Share, the Little Strategy That Could, and sharing some best practices for making it work for you.