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

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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

email

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