McMahon, K 
ORCID: 0000-0002-3681-6509, Barber, K-A, Bates, A and Earle, S ORCID: 0000-0002-6155-1098
(2024)
Richer retrieval: developing strategies for retrieval practice to consolidate and elaborate knowledge in primary science.
In: International Mind Brain and Education Conference, 10 - 12 July 2024, Leuven, Belgium.
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Abstract
Context: This poster presents the early stages in the design of a programme to support primary (elementary) teachers to use retrieval strategies to extend and deepen pupils’ understanding and belief in their own ability to gain and use science knowledge. It addresses the narrow application of retrieval practice currently seen in many English primary schools, usually in the form of low-stakes tests ( Bates and Shea, 2024 Perry et al 2021) that support automaticity but have limited potential for building more complex schemas. It assumes that useful schema-building involves ‘processes of organisation, comparison, or elaboration' (Perry et al 2021: 135). Aim: The programme provides teachers with science topic-specific strategies and teaching and learning materials to build complex schemas of science knowledge by drawing together research from cognitive psychology (e.g. Blunt and Karpicke, 2014), neuroscience (e.g. Shimamura, 2018) and education research into dialogic talk (Alexander, 2008, Mortimer& Scott (2003). Design Based Research: Professional experience was valued in the design of the programme and materials. It explores in primary school practice Shimamura's claim that: ‘When we use relational memory techniques, such as forming verbal/visual mediators, applying the 3 C's [compare, contrast, categorise], forming metaphors/analogies, and constructing schematic organizations (outlines, concept maps), we are facilitating memory consolidation and long-term retention through elaboration and reactivation’ (Shimamura 2018: 27). We worked with 11 teachers across 6 schools gathering data on their responses to the programme and what they noticed about pupil responses to the activities used.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Poster) |
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| UN SDGs: | Goal 4: Quality Education |
| Keywords: | retrieval practice, consolidation, elaboration, primary science, schema building, science of learning |
| Divisions: | School of Education |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Nov 2024 11:07 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Nov 2024 11:07 |
| URI / Page ID: | https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/16656 |
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