Partner with a researcher to vet principles and deliver focused professional development, then give educators freedom to experiment with options of varying scope¶

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Description¶

Because teachers' greatest challenge was identifying which research principles had sufficient evidence, the report recommends partnering with a researcher to identify vetted learning sciences principles and to provide focused professional development sessions on implementing them. Administrations should then let faculty experiment as learning engineers, support failure and iteration, and offer engagement options ranging from small and easy changes, like short quizzes for retrieval practice, up to more radical ones, so evidence-based practices spread quickly.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Access to a researcher or expert who can vet the evidence base behind candidate principles

Constraints¶

• The report notes teachers struggled to judge evidence quality on their own

Target Learners¶

• K-12 teachers and school leaders

Target Learning Goals¶

• Implementing evidence-based learning strategies such as retrieval practice, spacing, and interleaving

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Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Digital Promise. (2017). Learning by Design: How Design Tech High School Uses Research. Digital Promise. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/93bddee8-5856-4faf-8758-71aae4ce8716