Metacognition
Open Hearts and Minds for End-Of-Year Connections
At the end of the school year, reflection can become retrieval helping teachers and students notice growth, remember connection, and carry learning forward.
Retrieval Practice
Retrieval practice strengthens learning through active recall. Explore classroom routines, warm-ups, and low-stakes strategies that help students remember more over time.
Universal Design For Learning
Write & Discuss: Reduce Cognitive Load Through Co-Created Text and UDL
After watching the same three students contribute every time, I rebuilt Write & Discuss from the ground up. Here's the step-by-step routine—rooted in UDL and cognitive load research—that finally got my entire class co-creating text together.
Cognitive load
Universally Designing for Attention: A UDL and Cognitive Load Strategy for the Real Classroom
Spring, seniors, and 80 minutes to fill — here's what I learned about designing for attention using UDL and the science of cognitive load.
Retrieval Practice
How to Make Retrieval Routines a Classroom Habit: Edutopia Jam Session
Stop treating retrieval practice as "one more thing." Join us and Maureen Magnan on Edutopia to explore low-prep strategies that make retrieval a natural, daily classroom routine.
Metacognition
Making Metacognitive Reflection a Daily Habit with Retrieval Practice
Make metacognitive reflection a daily habit using quick retrieval practice routines that help students strengthen memory, deepen understanding, and build real learning awareness.
Retrieval Practice
Metacognitive Reflection in the Language Classroom
Metacognitive reflection helps students understand how they learn and strengthen learning over time. When reflection is built into instruction and designed through a UDL lens, students use feedback and retrieval to build confidence, reduce anxiety, and learn more independently.
Retrieval Practice
From Warm-Ups to Retrieval: Making the Start of Class Count
Make the start of class count with intentional warm-ups that lead into retrieval practice. Learn how purposeful beginnings boost engagement, memory, and student readiness for deeper learning.
Retrieval Practice
The Power of Retrieval Practice
Retrieval practice is one of the most effective ways to strengthen memory and learning. Discover how bringing information back to mind improves long-term retention and supports student success.
Retrieval Practice
What is the Science of Learning?
Retrieval practice strengthens memory and learning by helping students actively recall information. Discover practical classroom strategies that work.
Universal Design For Learning
Brain-Based Learning Made Simple: 4 Processes That Matter
Brain-based learning doesn’t have to be complicated. Discover four key cognitive processes—attention, encoding, storage, and retrieval—that help students learn, remember, and succeed.