Retrieval practice can improve classroom review despite low practice test performance

Performance Practice Review

Existentialism and Classroom Practice

This paper examines existing education literature that discusses existentialism, existential pedagogy, individual freedom, identity, and search for meaning. Through effective pedagogical strategies and by acknowledging the role of teacher, existential pedagogy will engage learners and will illuminate for them the existential motivations for learning. The study revealed that every technique, eve...

Does Providing Prompts During Retrieval Practice Improve Learning?

The purpose of this investigation was to identify ways to prompt retrieval practice to make recall even more effective at producing meaningful learning. In two experiments, subjects read educational texts and practiced retrieval across two periods. During prompted retrieval, subjects were cued to explain and describe concepts from the text, whereas during free recall, subjects recalled as much ...

Inclusive Education and Classroom Practice

Can health care teams improve primary care practice?

In health care settings, individuals from different disciplines come together to care for patients. Although these groups of health care personnel are generally called teams, they need to earn true team status by demonstrating teamwork. Developing health care teams requires attention to 2 central questions: who is on the team and how do team members work together? This article chiefly focuses o...