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Retrieval Practice

Teaching in Higher Ed

English - March 31, 2016 05:00 - 34 minutes - 32 MB - ★★★★★ - 341 ratings
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On today’s episode, I get the pleasure of talking with Dr. Pooja Agarwal about retrieval practice.

Guest: Pooja K. Agarwal, Ph.D.
Cognitive Scientist, Memory Expert, and Education Consultant,
Founder of RetrievalPractice.org
www.retrievalpractice
www.poojaagarwal.com
Twitter: @poojaagarwal

Pooja K. Agarwal, Ph.D. is committed to bridging the gaps between research, teaching, and policy. Passionate about evidence-based education, Pooja has conducted retrieval practice research in a variety of classroom settings for more than 10 years, in collaboration with distinguished memory scholar Henry L. Roediger, III. In addition to her career as a scientist, Pooja earned elementary teacher certification and has extensive teaching experience at K-12 and university levels. To advance the use of scientifically-based learning strategies, she contributes her expertise through collaborations with students, educators, scientists, and policymakers worldwide.
Recommendations
Bonni:

Change the culture in your classroom by asking students (in reference to retrieval practice): “What is it we’re doing right now?” and “Why are we doing it?”

Pooja:

Check out www.retrievalpractice.org for helpful resources.
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On today’s episode, I get the pleasure of talking with Dr. Pooja Agarwal about retrieval practice.



Guest: Pooja K. Agarwal, Ph.D.
Cognitive Scientist, Memory Expert, and Education Consultant,

Founder of RetrievalPractice.org

www.retrievalpractice

www.poojaagarwal.com

Twitter: @poojaagarwal


Pooja K. Agarwal, Ph.D. is committed to bridging the gaps between research, teaching, and policy. Passionate about evidence-based education, Pooja has conducted retrieval practice research in a variety of classroom settings for more than 10 years, in collaboration with distinguished memory scholar Henry L. Roediger, III. In addition to her career as a scientist, Pooja earned elementary teacher certification and has extensive teaching experience at K-12 and university levels. To advance the use of scientifically-based learning strategies, she contributes her expertise through collaborations with students, educators, scientists, and policymakers worldwide.


Recommendations

Bonni:


Change the culture in your classroom by asking students (in reference to retrieval practice): “What is it we’re doing right now?” and “Why are we doing it?”


Pooja:


Check out www.retrievalpractice.org for helpful resources.


Are You Enjoying the Show?

Rate/review the show. Please consider rating or leaving a review for the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast on whatever service you use to listen to it on (iTunesStitcher, etc.). It is the best way to help others discover the show.
Give feedback. As always, I welcome suggestions for future topics or guests.
Subscribe. If you have yet to subscribe to the weekly update, you can receive a single email each week with the show notes (including all the links we talk about on the episode), as well as an article on either teaching or productivity.

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