Tips for Retrieval Practice and Interleaving

 

Retrieval Practice:

TIP: Make retrieval practice flexible with white boards with markers. Have students do a brain dump or create examples of a concept they’re learning using words, drawings, tables, etc. They can share their examples at their desks, hold up drawings for the class to see, or swap white boards with peers.

Interleaving:

TIP: Shuffle previous and current homework problems together, not just what students are learning right now. Ask students to compare and contrast, draw connections between related concepts, and practice applying different roles or sides of a debate in a mixed up order.