We’re a nation of quiz lovers, whether it’s sitting on the sofa enjoying programmes like ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire?’, ‘The Chase’, ‘Pointless’, or with friends at the pub. They were even a weekly ‘social’ highlight over Zoom during lockdown.
Quizzes are also popular in classrooms across the country. Sadly, there are no cash prizes up for grabs, but low-stakes quizzes are regularly being used as a form of retrieval practice across primary and secondary schools.
But they are not the only approach cognitive science can offer! There are many ways in which cognitive science research can help teachers and school leaders understand how children learn.
The EEF’s Cognitive Science Approaches in the Classroom evidence review summarises the best available evidence from 295 studies to help teachers and school leaders apply this research in practice.
Cognitive science – More than just a quiz!
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