Status Updates From Uncommon Sense Teaching: Pr...

Think-Pair-Share:
• pose open-ended question
• think quietly (time-limited, use notes, organize thoughts)
• write response
• pair to refine (gain perspective, improve speech, rotate pairs)
• select shy student with correct or slightly-flawed answer
• discuss error
• e.g. explain like I’m 5, 1-minute brainstorm, what could go wrong, main character in one word
— p. 63–64

Let the mind work — retrieval practice — but also let the mind rest, through 1h physical exercise. — p. 59-60

Procrastinators are overwhelmed when their overloaded working memory crams the material. Instead, frequent formative assessments encourage active retrieval practice over days. — p. 55-56

Brief mental refreshers:
• Think-Pair-Share
• 1min to summarise or clarify confusion
• peer teaching
• role-play
— p. 54-55

Consolidation process:
• When first learning, links are weak & disorganised; the hippocampus indexes the connections to stabilise & strengthen.
• Material is winnowed to a core, but it’s this elimination of extraneous links that consolidates understanding.
• Orginal context is erased, leaving the meaning.
— p. 53

Brain breaks can be 30s collaborative activities; student attention spans are Age+1 minutes — p. 51-52

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