Teaching Methods

Practice testing is the habit of pulling information out of your memory on purpose, usually by answering questions, before you

Retrieval Practice Strategies are study methods built on a simple idea: pulling information out of memory strengthens it more than

Spaced Practice Teaching is an approach that spreads practice of the same material across several sessions instead of concentrating it

Formative Teaching Cycles are short, repeating loops in which a teacher plans a lesson, checks what students understand, and adjusts

Competency Checks are short, focused assessments that ask a student to demonstrate a specific skill or piece of knowledge, rather

Rubric Based Teaching is an approach in which teachers describe, in advance and in writing, what quality looks like for

Competency Based Instruction is an approach to teaching in which students advance by demonstrating that they can perform specific skills

Coaching for skill practice is a teaching approach in which a more experienced person watches a learner perform a task,

Tutorial Instruction is a teaching approach in which a teacher or trained tutor works with a very small group or

One on One Tutoring is a teaching arrangement in which a single instructor works with a single learner, usually during