Mastering course content does not happen magically. It requires work. Students need opportunities to practice so they can satisfactorily meet your objectives.
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I had just finished reading Small Teaching by Dr. James Lang. He devoted an entire chapter to the concept of practicing. It certainly generated a lot of ideas.
When I was in the Air Force, practicing was central to everything we did as we improved our knowledge and skills. I share Dr. Lang’s belief that teachers can take additional steps in our classrooms to boost student success.
We can load our courses with information, but if students can’t spend time trying things out, they won’t learn the concepts thoroughly.
This episode will inspect practices in your classroom. Besides explaining why you should include more practice, I will highlight three strategies to consider.
Additional Reading
- ITC: 13 – Using Simulations and Modeling in the Classroom
- ITC: 16 – Games and Gamification in the Classroom
- ITC: 18 – Putting Test Pools to Work in Your Classroom
- ITC: 40 – How to Use Mastery Quizzes for Improved Student Performance
- ITC: 41 – Using Backward Design to Build Better Courses
- ITC: 42 – Strategies for Teaching Vocabulary to College Students
- ITC: 43 – Using Concept Maps in the Classroom
- ITC: 49 – How to Use the RAFT Strategy in Your Classroom
- ITC: 56 – Getting Started With Project-Based Learning
- ITC: 81 – Using Information Recall Strategies in Your Classroom
- ITC: 84 – The Active Teaching and Learning Strategy That Has Had the Most Impact on Me
- ITC: 89 – 13 Techniques for Activating Prior Knowledge in the Classroom
- ITC: 97 – Using Lit Trips in Your Classroom
- Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning
- Enhancing Learning by Integrating Theory and Practice (PDF)
- Enhancing Student Learning: Seven Principles for Good Practice
- Effective Learning through Practice, Skill-building, and Feedback
- Use it or lose it: Why and how to provide opportunities for your students to practice course content
- Learning through practice: beyond informal and towards a framework for learning through practice
- Five Types of Quizzes That Deepen Engagement with Course Content
- Practice (learning method)
- The Importance Of Practice – And Our Reluctance To Do It
- Practice for Knowledge Acquisition (Not Drill and Kill)
- Active Learning: Teaching Guide
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