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Some new and effective twists on an old strategy that can easily be used online.

Think-Pair-Share? Think again! – Retrieval Practice Whether you teach at an elementary school or a medical school, you've probably heard of the instructional strategy, think-pair-share. But wait! Does think-pair-share always boost learning? Read on for research-based tips on incorporating retrieval , spacing , and interleaving to make think-pai

Great suggestions about active reading that could be applied to a variety of age groups or text types.

An Active Reading Strategy for Any Learning Landscape – Dr. Catlin Tucker I’ve experienced the phenomenon of reading a text, but when I get to the end of a page or the bottom of the article, I have no idea what the text was about. I could not answer a single question about the content of what I read. Yes, my eyes technically scanned the words, but I wasn’t thinking ab...