SPACED PRACTICE IN ACTION

Consider the questions for further reflection.

 Which subjects would benefit from spaced practice in your classroom?

 How much practice time do your students need to learn a lesson?

CLOSING AND FOLLOW-UP

Lesson Summary

In this lesson, you had the opportunity to:

  • Learn about spaced practices, which is the strategy of practicing or studying in short sessions over time rather than in one session to enhance retention.
  • Review four practice strategies (spaced, deliberate, dynamic, and interleaved).
  • Reflect on how spaced practice can be taught and implemented in the classroom.

Next Steps

  • Think about what you can do in the next week, the next month, and for the remainder of the school year to help your students use reciprocal teaching strategies. Use the Student Practice (Spaced vs. Massed): Fidelity Implementation Checklist as a guide and Practice Profile to gauge your efforts.
  • Using what you have learned in this learning package, meet with your colleagues to discuss some ideas for implementing reciprocal teaching.