How to earn this micro-credential badge
Micro-credentials in the SIM series enable teachers to verify skills in delivering instruction of the SIM Learning Strategies and Content Enhancement Routines and other educational programs offered through the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. To earn the micro-credential badge:
- Click the green “join this badge” button and sign up/sign in if needed.
- Post your evidence specified in the “Required Evidence” section by clicking on the blue “Post” buttons, or you can click into the Evidence section and post from there.
Using the Recall Enhancement Routine, teachers show students how to create and use mnemonic devices called Recall Devices to commit information to memory and, ultimately, perform well on tests. Teachers use the routine to cue students that information is important, construct a Recall Device, explicitly link the device and the important information, and review the device and information.
Studies indicate that students' performance is related to the teacher's use of the routine. In classes in which teachers used the routine, students with or without disabilities performed significantly better on test items that could best be addressed through the creation of the types of Recall Devices that their teachers presented than did students in the comparison classes. The recall performance of students with and without disabilities in the experimental group was higher by 29.10 and 20.5 points, respectively, than the performance of similar students in the control group on reviewed facts.
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