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Strategies to Maximize Attendance in Out-of-School Programs
Increased Learning Time > Maximize Attendance > Learn What Works
Watch this expert interview to learn about attracting and retaining students in out-of-school programs. The interview provides suggestions for meeting the programming needs of parents and students,...
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Expert Interview
Adapting Instruction to Improve Student Outcomes
Increased Learning Time > Organize Instruction > Learn What Works
In this interview, Dr. Steven Ross discusses two effective, research-based instructional strategies: adapting instruction to individual students' needs and promoting student interest and engagement...
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Expert Interview
Key Considerations in Conducting Program Evaluations
Increased Learning Time > Evaluate Program > Learn What Works
Watch this expert interview to learn about the characteristics of a sound evaluation plan, including outlining evaluation goals and determining roles and responsibilities for data collection and...
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Expert Interview
Redesigning the School Day
Increased Learning Time > Structure Time > Learn What Works
Jennifer Davis, co-founder and president of Massachusetts 2020, describes how Massachusetts implemented an expanded instructional time initiative and the primacy of local autonomy and data-based...
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Expert Interview
Maintaining a Dialogue Between Schools and Out-of-School Providers
Increased Learning Time > Align Instruction > Learn What Works
Learn ways that after-school program teachers and coordinators can maintain an understanding of students' strengths and weaknesses, their schools' academic expectations, and the structures,...
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Expert Interview
Strategic Study: Using the “Delayed Judgment of Learning” Task
Organize Your Teaching > Spacing Learning > See How It Works
In this interview, professor Janet Metcalfe describes how teachers can teach their students to use flashcards to assess what they know, and what they don't know, and to strategically focus their...
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Expert Interview
Key Concepts in Using Higher-Order Questions
Organize Your Teaching > Higher-Order Questions > Learn What Works
Listen as Dr. Annemarie Palincsar discusses the importance of asking higher-order questions and how to build opportunities for deep explanations in the classroom.
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Expert Interview
Using Concrete Situations to Introduce Content
Organize Your Teaching > Abstract & Concrete > Learn What Works
In this interview, Dr. Brian Bottge talks about how teachers can introduce content with real-world problem scenarios and make connections with abstract concepts.
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Expert Interview
Using Quizzes to Boost Achievement
Organize Your Teaching > Spacing Learning > Learn What Works
Listen as Dr. Mark McDaniel describes how short, frequent, ungraded quizzes are useful tools for promoting memory and retention over time.
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Expert Interview
Key Concepts in Spacing Learning Over Time
Organize Your Teaching > Spacing Learning > Learn What Works
Listen to Dr. Mark McDaniel discuss how spacing learning of material over time improves memory, and understand the optimal ways to space course materials.
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Expert Interview
Key Concepts in Organizing Instruction and Study
Organize Your Teaching > Overview & Tools
Dr. Hal Pashler, chair of the expert panel that produced the IES Practice Guide on Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning, describes how research in cognitive psychology can...
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Expert Interview
Key Concepts in Alternating Worked Examples With Practice
Organize Your Teaching > Examples With Practice > Learn What Works
Listen to Dr. Ken Koedinger talk about how alternating examples with practice improves students' problem-solving strategies.
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Expert Interview
