Book 9. The Do Now

Here are the resources referenced in the Tips for Teachers guide to The Do Now.

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Ollie Lovell and I recorded a series of episodes where we take a deep dive into all aspects of the Do Now:

  1. #195 Developing a lesson structure – episode 1 (with Ollie Lovell)
  2. #196 Developing a lesson structure – episode 2 (with Ollie Lovell)
  3. #197 Developing a lesson structure – episode 3 (with Ollie Lovell)
  4. #199 Developing a lesson structure – episode 4 (with Ollie Lovell)
  5. #204 Developing a lesson structure – episode 5 (with Ollie Lovell)

Shanun Allison writes about ideas he learned from his staff concerning the Do Now here

Footnotes

  1. You can read Adam Boxer’s post on Busy Tricking here
  2. Adam Boxer describes how he integrates homework with classwork here
  3. I write about Low-Stakes Quizzes in The Tips for Teachers guide to Low-Stakes Quizzes
  4. Spacing and Interleaving of Study and Practice by Shana K. Carpenter. Read an analysis of the paper here
  5. I discuss Call and Respond in The Tips for Teachers guide to Call and Respond
  6. Ollie Lovell and I begin our deep-dive into the Do Now here
  7. Understanding performance in test taking: The role of question difficulty order by Lina Anaya, Nagore Iriberri, Pedro Rey-Biel, Gema Zamarro. Read an analysis of the paper here
  8. Applying the Science of Learning Using Tolerance Zones by Carl Hendrick. You can read the post here
  9. Using Spacing to Enhance Diverse Forms of Learning by Carpenter et al. Read an analysis of the paper here
  10. A randomised control trial of interleaved maths practice by Rohrer et al. Read an analysis of the paper here
  11. You can read more about how I track content across retrieval opportunities here
  12. Spacing effects in learning: A temporal ridgeline of optimal retention by Nicholas J Cepeda, Edward Vul, Doug Rohrer, John T Wixted & Harold Pashler. Read an analysis of the paper here
  13. I examine Low-Stakes Quizzes in The Tips for Teachers guide to Low-Stakes Quizzes
  14. On the Symbiosis of Learning and Forgetting by Robert A. Bjork. Read an analysis of the paper here
  15. You can read The Tips for Teachers guide to Mini-whiteboards for (much!)
    more on this
  16. You can listen to our discussion of Ollie’s approach to checking for understanding during the Do Now here
  17. You can read all about Call and Respond in the Tips for Teachers guide to
    Call and Respond
  18. You can read all about Cold Call in the Tips for Teachers guide to Cold Call
  19. I have collated examples of poor follow-up questions here