Drilling When Necessary

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Daniel T. Willingham, Why Don’t Students Like School?

About The Author
Daniel T. Willingham is a cognitive phycologist and professor at the University of Virginia's psychology department. He applies his expertise on the subject to the education field.

http://www.danielwillingham.com/

What Is This Strategy About?
This Drilling When Necessary CPD training will help you to reinforce basic skills improves low-level processes. When they become automatic, this leaves room for more high-level learning. Pupils need to practise key information retrieval to gain competence and improve.

What is Drilling?
Drilling, sometimes called "drill and practise", is a clever teaching initiative that encourages pupils to learn through repetitive practice. The aim of doing this is to help pupils present this knowledge quickly and naturally.

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- Reinforce basic knowledge/skills so you can focus on advanced skills
- Protect pupils from forgetting key information

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