Classroom Spelling Games

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Most ‘traditional’ spelling games are based on students remembering a word based on its visual appearance rather than on understanding how the word has been encoded. In addition, typically the worst spellers are removed from the game the quickest and … Continued

Concept Mapping

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Concept maps are graphic organisers or visual representations of knowledge. They are also referred to as mind maps, spider maps or idea webs. Information is linked whereby key concepts are linked to other related concepts via directional arrows and descriptive … Continued

Is the suffix -ant or –ent?

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The suffixes ‘-ant’ and ‘-ent’ are added to words to form a noun to indicate a ‘person who’ or ‘thing that’ (e.g., an ‘assistant’ is a person who assists, a ‘president’ is a person who presides). They are also added … Continued

Metacognition and Practice Testing

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This episode looks at the research to discover how students’ beliefs, how they monitor their learning, and how their sense of control can impact on the learning process. ReferenceRivers, M. L. (2021). Metacognition about practice testing: A review of learners’ … Continued

Spaced Practice

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Carpenter (2025) argues that “successful learning is not the total time spent learning, but the way in which that studying and teaching time is used.” One strategy for improving learning is ‘spaced practice’ in which multiple learning sessions are spread … Continued