In this episode, 7th-grade World Studies teacher Brett Benson will share how thinking about CLT has changed his planning process and instruction. He will share ways that he helps to lighten cognitive load for students while still making them think deeply about a topic. He will share lots of strategies he uses in his own classroom every day for retrieval and questioning.Show Notes:SOL in the Wild-Brett’s Substack (a wealth of blogs) (highly recommend his entire Substack)Small Steps: The Rosenshine Principle that Unlocks the Other Nine (blog)From What to How: How Cognitive Science Transformed my Lesson Plans (blog by SOL in the Wild)Why Students Don’t Like School-Daniel WillinghamIn Action SeriesCognitive Load Theory in ActionRosenshine’s Principles in ActionAssimilation Theory in ActionRetrieval Practice: Research and Practice-Kate JonesHow Learning Happens-Paul Kirschner & Carl HendrickPowerful Teaching-Patrice Bain & Pooja ArgwalShow Notes:Road to Reading WebpageSoR Resource PageSeason 2-episodesSeason 3-episodes

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