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Making Each Dollar Go Further
Increased Learning Time > Overview & Tools
Listen to two experts provide an overview of models of allocating resources to expanded learning time schools. Districts and schools can support these initiatives through creative integration of...
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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
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
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 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
Connecting to Kids With Small Learning Environments
Dropout Prevention > Learning Environment > Learn What Works
Dr. Nettie Legters discusses the different ways of personalizing the learning environments for secondary school students.
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Expert Interview
Social and Emotional Training as Part of Dropout Prevention
Dropout Prevention > Social/Behavior Programs > Learn What Works
Watch this expert interview with Dr. Russell W. Rumberger to learn about the importance of supporting students’ social-emotional development. Dr. Rumberger provides an overview of the different...
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Expert Interview
Providing Rigorous and Relevant Instruction to All Students
Dropout Prevention > Rigorous/Relevant Instruction > Learn What Works
Dr. Monica Martinez of the KnowledgeWorks Foundation shares strategies that schools can implement to provide rigorous and relevant instruction. These strategies include a common core curriculum for...
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Expert Interview
Academic Interventions to Increase Student Success
Dropout Prevention > Academic Supports > Learn What Works
Watch this expert interview with Dr. Monica Martinez to learn about the elements of academic support to struggling students, including extra time, extra support, and individualized attention.
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Expert Interview
