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THE TEEP
LEARNING
CYCLE
Time: 13:55 – 14:40 23/6/16
Topic: Applying spaced learning 1. Prepare for Learning
2 minutesQuiz on the Brain – 9 short
true/false statements
All delegates stand and indicate
true by raising their hand, false by
not raising their hand. They are
eliminated as they get statements
wrong – last one standing for a bit
of fun – who are our ‘brain
surgeons?’
6. Review 3 minute
– Step back and reflect on your learning
Delegates to review outcomes and make a note of
any questions they have along with an email
address for us to respond to.
2. Agree Learning Outcomes 2 minute
To understand what spaced learning is and how we have
applied it
To evaluate the spaced learning model
To consider how it could be applied in your setting
3. Present New Information Through All The
Senses 3 minutes
Overview of results of spaced learning from the 2013
study:
Making long-term memories in minutes: a spaced
learning pattern from memory research in
education, Kelley and Whatson
4. Construct 25 mins
- Activity the search for meaning
# Model spaced learning
5 mins: content – what is spaced learning
5 mins: range of distractor activities
5 mins: repeat content
5 mins: range of distractor activities
5 mins: repeat content for a third time
5. Apply To Demonstrate Your New
Understanding 10 minutes
Some new information:
Short story of Dr Matthew Wilson’s MIT study in 2001 – the
importance of sleep
Explain that new knowledge acquired through spaced learning
requires time to be ‘stabilised’ as a long term memory through
sleep. Test after 5 days.
.
Apply: Give delegates time to talk on their tables about how they
might apply spaced learning in their settings
D2.1 ~\TEEP\TEEP Cycle\Session Plan TEEP Cycle Template
How much do you know about the brain?
Everyone on their feet – hands up for true, keep them down for false…
A piece of brain tissue the size of a grain of sand contains 100,000 neurons and 1 billion synapses all communicating with each other
True
The human brain reaches full maturity at the age of 20
False – at the age of 25
The human brain is believed to generate 10 000 thoughts per day
False – over 50 000 thoughts per day
More than 1 000 chemical reactions take place in the brain every second
False – over 100 000 chemical reactions every second
Albert Einstein’s brain was 10% smaller than the average brain
True
We are not getting smarter. Since the Victorian era, average IQs have gone down 1.6 points per decade
True
Our attention spans are getting shorter. In 2000, the average attention span was 12 seconds. Now it’s 10 seconds.
False – now it is 8 seconds
Prescription sleeping pills put you to sleep
False – They put your brain into a state similar to being in a coma, essentially bypassing any restorative value of sleep
Memory is more of an activity than a place. Any given memory is deconstructed and distributed in different parts of the brain.
True - for the memory to be recalled, it gets reconstructed from the individual fragments
Spaced Learning
agreeing our workshop outcomes
What is
we hope
you will
know and
be able
to do by
the end
of the
45
minute
workshop
.
To consider how it could be
applied in your setting
To evaluate the spaced learning
model
To understand the spaced learning
model and how we have applied it
Spaced learning anyone?
Spaced Learning was used with experimental groups to deliver the Biology courses in the English National Curriculum.
Students took the Biology course either through traditional teaching over four months (controls)
or
only a single Spaced Learning session of 60 min instructional time (experimentals).
A* - C grades
Significant for new 3 year GCSEsAnd linear A Levels
Recommended revision websites: memrise.com
Action Research:
Spaced Learning Research: Control Group
Students completed the activity on over the course of an hour lesson. They completed a 45 minute sessions on memrise.com with no break.
Students were given 5 minutes to complete the recall test 4 weeks later.
Action Research:
Spaced Learning Research: Experimentals
Students completed the spaced learning activity over the course of an hour lesson.
They completed 3 x 15 minute sessions on the same memrise.com course separated by 2 x 5 minute distractor activities
Students were given 5 minutes to complete the recall test 4 weeks later.
Name Score26 questions
Memrise points Points/score
Control 1 7 3682 526
Control 2 4 11 468 2867
Control 3 13 14 436 1110
Control 4 9 22 539 2504
Control 5 20 12 986 649
Control 6 20 8992 450
Control 7 17 26 163 1539
Control 8 3 6958 2319
Control 9 14 13 612 972
Average 11.8 13 426 1437
Name Score26 questions
Memrise points Points/score
Experimental 1 31 29 149 940.2
Experimental 2 33 24 434 740.4
Experimental 3 35 12 320 352
Experimental 4 25 10 774 430.9
Experimental 5 6 3491 581.8
Experimental 6 9 4968 552
Experimental 7 5 3409 681.8
Experimental 8 33 9187 278
Average 22 12 217 570
The group using spaced learning recalled almost twice as much as the control group (average score of 22 versus 11.8)
The experimentals had accrued less points on the memrise activity (average of 12217 versus 13426) -indicating that on average they hadn't covered as much of the content as the controls.
The experimental points/score average was almost a third of the controls (570 versus 1437)
indicating increased efficacy in the time spent on the memrise activity.
5 min 5 min 5 min
5 min
5 min
Spaced Learning demonstration
1st study session:Dominic to explain the spaced learning theory and method and how we have applied it @ St Augustine’s
The neuroscience - making the connections:
Spaced learning in practice:
When might spaced learning be used?
KS3, KS4 and KS5 revision
Rapid delivery of a
unit
The art of distraction:
Keyquestions
1) Why is Spaced Learning increasingly being seen as significant?
2) How does Spaced Learning embed information into
the long term memory?
3) What is the biological basis of memory?
4) What surprising finding was made which helps us
understand how long term memories are formed?
5) What does a spaced learning lesson consist of?
6) What are the three key inputs into Spaced Learning?
7) How can a teacher distract students as
1) Because it deploys neuroscientific research.
2) Through repetition.
3) A pathway of cells linked together within the brain.
4) The length of cell stimulation is not vital but the gap between stimulation is.
5) Teacher input / 10 minute break / student recall of key facts / 10 minute
break / student application of key information.
6) Presenting information / recalling information / understanding information.
7) Physical activity using coordination / activities requiring balance & movement.
8) To rest memory pathways that are being formed.
Spaced learning distractor tasks:1. Origami challenge2. Make the furthest flying paper
aeroplane…3. Colour in a Hindu Mandala4. Make a play dough animal –
can your partner guess what it is?
5. Is it possible to cut a whole in an A4 piece of paper large enough to fit your body through…?
During these breaks,
it is important to
avoid stimulating the
memory pathways that
are being formed.
Thus, the activity
must have nothing to
do with what the
students are
learning.
5 min 5 min 5 min
5 min
5 min
Spaced Learning demonstration
2nd study session:Read through the information on your tables: Spaced Learning GuideExamples of spaced learning @ St Augustine’sSpaced Learning Action research @ St Augustine’s
Spaced learning distractor tasks:1. Origami challenge2. Make the furthest flying paper
aeroplane…3. Colour in a Hindu Mandala4. Make a play dough animal –
can your partner guess what it is?
5. Is it possible to cut a whole in an A4 piece of paper large enough to fit your body through…?
During these breaks,
it is important to
avoid stimulating the
memory pathways that
are being formed.
Thus, the activity
must have nothing to
do with what the
students are
learning.
5 min 5 min 5 min
5 min
5 min
Spaced Learning demonstration
3rd study session: Recall test Think about the answers for yourself firstThen pair up with a partner and compare notesFinally share ideas on your tables
The curious story of Dr Matthew WilsonMIT, 2001
Rats running
through the maze –
amazing!
Sleep ‘stabilises’ memories
Could spaced learning be applied in your setting?
If so how? D&T? RE? PE? G&T? IEPs? PP? EAL? SEN?
CPD? 3Rs? ABE? APP? ASD? SOPs? FE? GTP? ETC…
Currently assessing spaced learning with Queen’s University, Belfast
£350 000
15 schools
Published early 2017
Reviewing our learning
Please
make a
note of
any
questions
you may
have and
your
address
and we
will
respond.
Or email baileyd@sta.cc
sturdeea@sta.c
c
With your
questions
To consider how it could be
applied in your setting
To evaluate the spaced learning
model
To understand the spaced learning
model and how we have applied it
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