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Module One: The Science of Learning

This relates to pages 12-17 of the Serpentine Instructional Playbook

Quizzes (reflections) will be added as they are created.

1.1

Explicit-Direct Instruction

Read chapter 1-4 of

Explicit-Direct Instruction by Hollingsworth & Ybarra.

Take me to the quiz!

1.2

Explicit Instruction

Watch the LDA presentation Explicit Instruction by Doctor Lorraine Hammond

Suggested follow up tasks:

Observe an explicit lesson by another teacher in the school

1.3

Learning and the Forgetting Curve

Watch the ResearchEd presentation How to Remember Anything, Forever by Daisy Christodoulou

1.4

Spaced, Interleaved and Retrieval Practice

Watch the LDA presentation Spaced, Interleaved and Retrieval Practice by David Morkunas.

Suggested follow up tasks:

Observe a Maths or Literacy Daily Review

1.5

Cognitive Load Theory

Watch the LifeLongLiteracy short clip on Cognitive Load Theory by Ollie Lovell

1.6

Embedding Formative Assessment

Watch the presentation Embedding Formative Assessment by Dylan William

Suggested follow up tasks:

Observe an explicit lesson, and make note of the formative assessment used throughout

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