Are you a Retrieval Practice fanatic? You may have enjoyed my session on the topic:

Digital Tools for Memory and Learning

Explore the science of retrieval practice, a powerful learning strategy. Learn to use digital quizzing tools, spaced repetition apps, and other digital tools and resources to implement effective retrieval practice in your classroom. Get Miguel’s Notes Organizer (Canva Template | PPT or PDF).

Retrieval practice is such a key skill but to really take advantage of it, you have to make sure you have a clear understanding of what “learning” means. Consider Geoff Petty’s definition from his book, Evidence Based Teaching:

“…an active process of making sense that creates a personal interpretation of what has been learned, rather than a perfect representation of what was taught.”

I love this definition because it underscores key ideas that we need to keep in mind about learning:

• Active
• Personal

And, it’s NOT a perfect representation or copy of what was taught. So often as teachers, we spend so much time getting info into students (about 94% of learning is Surface Learning focused).

For fun, I asked folks in my session to share what they are actually doing for Retrieval Practice, but to categorize it according to the SOLO Taxonomy: