This is Jennifer Gonzalez welcoming you to episode 123 of the Cult of Pedagogy

podcast. In this episode we are going to explore four research-based teaching

strategies every teacher should be using.

If you've put on this podcast today hoping to hear something brand new you

might be disappointed. There will be no fancy bells or whistles in this

episode. That's because a lot of the strategies we're going to talk about are

things you've already done. Some teachers have probably been doing these things

for decades. You just might not have known exactly why they worked or had a

harness them in the most optimal way. That is what cognitive scientists have

been doing trying to pinpoint exactly which activities work best for storing

concepts in long-term memory. Over the past few years we've been following their

progress. Way back in episode 21 in our study of the book Make It Stick we first

talked about the concepts of retrieval practice, space practice, and interleaving.

These concepts were also addressed in episode 58 where we talked about six

powerful learning strategies you must share with students and episode 79 where

I made a strong push again for retrieval practice. So what's different this

time? Well until now we haven't gone very deep into what these strategies look

like in the classroom. How exactly should teachers work strategies like

retrieval practice into their teaching? Do these strategies replace the ones

you're already using or do they work alongside them? Will it require extra

planning and time to add them in? Where do grading and paperwork come in if at

all? Now we're getting specific answers to those questions. Cognitive

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