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intervention | summary | title | reference | who | where |
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assessment for learning (AfL) | When teachers find out what learners know before and during teaching and alter their teaching in response to this information, attainment is raised. | Assessment for Learning: why, what and how | Wiliam 2009 | Dylan Wiliam | An Inaugural Professorial Lecture, 2009, Institute of Education, University of London |
differentiation | In schools identified at raising the attainment of their low attaining learners, the learning needs of low attaining learners were met with differentiated materials and other strategies, whilst AfL was used to keep high expectations. | Effective Teaching and Learning for Pupils in Low Attaining Groups | Research Report No DCSF-RR011 | Dunne, M., Humphreys, S., Sebba, J., Dyson, A., Gallannaugh, F,. and Muijs, D., | Department for Children Schools and Families © University of Sussex 2007 |
reduce working memory load of learning tasks | When primary school teachers use strategies which reduce the working memory requirements of tasks, proved to be a predictor of the progress of learners with smaller working memory relative to their peers with smaller working memory capacity (unclear if this was also relative to their peers with higher working memory capacity) | An Evaluation of a Classroom-Based Intervention to Help Overcome Working Memory Difficulties and Improve Long-Term Academic Achievement. | Elliot et al 2010 | Elliott, J., Gathercole, S.E., Alloway, T.P., Holmes, J. & Kirkwood, H. | Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 9, 227-250 |
reduction in high stakes testing | Although graduation tests have no appreciable effect on the probability of dropping out for the average student, they increase the probability of dropping out among the lowest ability students. | Getting Tough? The Impact of High School Graduation Exams | Jacob 2001 | Jacob, B.A. | June 2001 Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 23(2):99-121 |
retrieval practice | The benefits from retrieval practice are greater for students with lower working memory capacity. | Benefits from retrieval practice are greater for students with lower working memory capacity | Agarwal et al 2016 | Agarwal, P.K., Finley, J.R., Rose, N.S., & Roediger H.R., | Memory 25(6):1-8 August 2016 |
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