Revisiting Retrieval Practice
TAPP Radio Episode 68
Episode
Episode | Quick Take
Retrieval practice has strong evidence of its power in learning. Host Kevin Patton tells part of the story of his journey in making online retrieval practice a central part of his courses. Also, we reveal the new TAPP Journal Club with Krista Rompolski! Oh yeah—don’t forget to share the new Pandemic Teaching eBook with colleagues.
- 00:52 | TAPP Journal Club with Krista Rompolski
- 03:14 | Sponsored by AAA
- 04:06 | Revisiting Retrieval Practice
- 07:32 | Sponsored by HAPI
- 08:36 | Open-book & Untimed & BEARS—oh my!
- 15:12 | Sponsored by HAPS
- 16:12 | Recipe for Success
- 20:14 | Sponsored by ADInstruments
- 21:35 | Mix Ingredients
- 28:36 | Icing & Decorations
- 33:21 | Pandemic Teaching Book (please share!)
- 34:56 | Staying Connected
Episode | Listen Now
Episode | Show Notes
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. (Bruce Lee)
New! TAPP Journal Club
2.5 minutes
- Krista Rompolski will soon be hosting a new segment: The A&P Professor Journal Club
- If you want a sneak peek, here’s a journal article we’ll likely be discussing in an upcoming episode
- The Effect of Content Delivery Style on Student Performance in Anatomy (article from Anatomical Science Education) my-ap.us/3fcLyAq
- Call in (or send in an audio file) with your comments on this article, and we may be able to include it in the TAPP Journal Club
- Peer review of this podcast
- I need to know which features are working for you and which are not. Please take FIVE minutes to give me some honest and constructive feedback in the anonymous survey from Podtrac (a “blind” third-party podcast-analysis firm):
Sponsored by AAA
1 minute
A searchable transcript for this episode, as well as the captioned audiogram of this episode, are sponsored by the American Association for Anatomy (AAA) at anatomy.org.
Want some microscopic images to use in your course? Try the Virtual Microscopy Database (VMD)—free for AAA members and nonmembers alike! (just click the Resources tab)
Don’t forget—HAPS members get a deep discount on AAA membership!
Revisiting Retrieval Practice
3.5 minutes
Retrieval practice was the topic of the very first episode of this podcast. Now it’s time to revisit it.
Sponsored by HAPI Online Graduate Program
1 minute
The Master of Science in Human Anatomy & Physiology Instruction—the MS-HAPI—is a graduate program for A&P teachers, especially for those who already have a graduate/professional degree. A combination of science courses (enough to qualify you to teach at the college level) and courses in contemporary instructional practice, this program helps you be your best in both on-campus and remote teaching. Kevin Patton is a faculty member in this program. Check it out!
Open-book & Untimed & BEARS—oh my!
6.5 minutes
Open-book, untimed tests, delivered online and only one question at time seems weird. It IS weird. But it works!
- Why Open-book Tests Deserve a Place in Your Courses (article from Faculty Focus) my-ap.us/2zSooiO
Sponsored by HAPS
1 minute
The Human Anatomy & Physiology Society (HAPS) is a sponsor of this podcast. You can help appreciate their support by clicking the link below and checking out the many resources and benefits found there. Watch for virtual town hall meetings and upcoming regional meetings!
Recipe for Success!
4 minutes
Here’s Kevin’s recipe for making retrieval practice work for him. You can use it to create your own recipe, eh?
- Episode 56 Intro | TAPP Radio Preview (Word Dissection for formative and summative tests)
- Amplify Learning in Anatomy & Physiology | Episode 53
- Understanding How We Learn – A Chat with Yana Weinstein & Megan Sumeracki | Episode 27
- Test Frequency in the A&P Course | Episode 33
Offer from ADInstruments
1.5 minutes
Episode sponsor ADInstruments is offering their Lt online learning platform with content for laboratory solutions in physiology, anatomy, and biology free at this time to help professors get ready-to-go, quality online lab experiences quickly.
🡲 Just go to Adinstruments.com/lt/covid19 to get this offer.
And tell ’em The A&P Professor podcast is where you heard about it!
If you want to check out the possibilities for your course, check out the weekly live Lt workshops at my-ap.us/LtLive
Mix Ingredients
4 minutes
Putting together the main ingredients.
- Testing As a Teaching Strategy | Episode 2
- Testing as Teaching (on-demand seminar)
Icing and Decorations
4.5 minutes
It’s not just randomized question sets. There’s the pre-tests and the cumulative testing—the icing and decorations!
- Testing As a Teaching Strategy | Episode 2
- Testing as Teaching (on-demand seminar)
- Episode 56 Intro | TAPP Radio Preview (Word Dissection for formative and summative tests)
- Amplify Learning in Anatomy & Physiology | Episode 53
- Understanding How We Learn – A Chat with Yana Weinstein & Megan Sumeracki | Episode 27
- Test Frequency in the A&P Course | Episode 33
Pandemic Teaching
1.5 minutes
- I need your help to spread the word!
- Can you please share the link below with THREE colleagues?
- It’s best if one of these is the person who coordinates faculty professional development at your school.
- AND can you share at least one post on social media? (or re-share one of our posts about the book at @theAPprofessor or @LionTamersGuide )
- Can you please share the link below with THREE colleagues?
- Pandemic Teaching: A Survival Guide for College Faculty
- by Kevin Patton
- books2read.com/PandemicTeaching
Need help accessing resources locked behind a paywall?
Check out this advice from Episode 32 to get what you need!
Episode | Transcript
The A&P Professor podcast (TAPP radio) episodes are made for listening, not reading. This transcript is provided for your convenience, but hey, it’s just not possible to capture the emphasis and dramatic delivery of the audio version. Or the cool theme music. Or laughs and snorts. And because it’s generated by a combo of machine and human transcription, it may not be exactly right. So I strongly recommend listening by clicking the audio player provided.
This searchable transcript is supported by the
American Association for Anatomy.
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Introduction
Kevin Patton:
The revered martial artist, actor, and philosopher Bruce Lee once wrote, “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”
Aileen:
Welcome to The A&P Professor. A few minutes to focus on teaching human anatomy and physiology with a veteran educator and teaching mentor your host Kevin Patton.
Kevin Patton:
In this episode I reveal our new journal club, and I talk about putting retrieval practice front and center in the A&P course.
TAPP Journal Club with Krista Rompolski
Kevin Patton:
Hey, I have some exciting news. We have a new kind of segment planned for the next episode, or maybe the one after that. These days I’ve learned that one must not make plans based on the world staying on anyone’s assumed trajectory. But soon I hope. What is it? I can tell you it’s not a book club. We already have one of those and we’ll be getting a new book club recommendation soon. So no, it’s not a book club. It’s a journal club, The A&P Professor journal club. And we have a new voice joining in for that one. It’s a voice that we’ve heard before on this podcast, and a voice that you may have heard before if you’ve been active in HAPS town hall meetings, or in AAA, or any of a number of other venues including her own journal articles on teaching and learning.
Kevin Patton:
It’s my friend Krista Rompolski who is…
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This podcast is sponsored by the
Human Anatomy & Physiology Society
This podcast is sponsored by the
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Human Anatomy & Physiology Instruction
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