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Dr Gareth Bates

@drgarethbates.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer in Education. Former science teacher. Research into cogsci in the classroom.

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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Since the publication of this paper I've been developing my thinking about retrieval practice in the classroom. If accepted, I'll be sharing these at the ResearchED national conference in September. Hope to be able to share my ideas with everyone #UKEd
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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
In my #CogSciSci keynote I explained how memory is problematic in generating general principles. Something I didn't have time for was to discuss how explanations of phenomenon emerge from the specific experiments carried out. A good example of this is the concept of working memory 1/2
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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
At #CogSciSci I said we are becoming overly focused by activities in the classroom. I'm my latest paper I make a call for research into how things like retrieval practice interact with other things we do in the classroom 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
A great day at #CogSciSci. Thanks to all the feedback from both my talks and glad it sparked discussion and questions.
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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
🔥 Many study protocols used in retrieval practice experiments are inappropriate for primary aged children and very few studies have been done in authentic primary classroom. So how do primary schools use this in the classroom? My new paper explores this. #UKEd www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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‘What’s in a name?’ Retrieval practice in the primary classroom: a case study
Retrieval practice has become a well-established teaching strategy in English schools due to the influence of recent government policy changes. This case study used teacher questionnaires, lesson o...
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Christian Moore-Anderson @cmooreanderson.eurosky.social · 13/05/2025
What's actually happening with retrieval practice in primary schools in the UK? Some research ↓ #UKEd #EduSky
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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🚨 My new paper has been published looking into retrieval practice in the primary classroom. #UKEd www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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‘What’s in a name?’ Retrieval practice in the primary classroom: a case study
Retrieval practice has become a well-established teaching strategy in English schools due to the influence of recent government policy changes. This case study used teacher questionnaires, lesson o...
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CogSciSci @cogscisci.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
SCHEDULE RELEASED #edusky Cogscisci Surrey is a month away! Here are the amazing talks we have to offer featuring: @adamboxereducation.bsky.social @drgarethbates.bsky.social @carlhendrick.substack.com @lambhearttea.bsky.social @hugheshaili.bsky.social @mrlockyer.bsky.social @mbdscience.bsky.social
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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Looking forward to this #UKEd #SciTeachUK.
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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Is revision learning? If you use learning strategies for revision it may not help attainment 🤔 #UKEd
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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
🔥🔥 Hot take: are we wrong about revision? This time of year we see the focus shift for Y11 towards revision and there is lots out there talking about effective strategies based on cognitive psychology. However, things may not be as they seem..... 🧵 #UKEd
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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
I really enjoyed doing this podcast talking about my research on retrieval practice in schools. I outline some top tips but also my concerns. When it comes to retrieval practice, we need to remember it is ultimately an outcome of a highly controlled experiment, which has implications 🧵 #UKEd
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scottinghatt.bsky.social @scottinghatt.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
If you're interested in *retrieval* and *retrieval practice*, this podcast with the brilliant Gareth Bates by the @edupulseco.bsky.social crew is a must listen. Gareth studies and researches this stuff and has practical guidance too. creators.spotify.com/pod/show/edu...
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S2: E5 - The Reality of Retrieval Practice: In Conversation with Gareth Bates by EduPulse
Welcome back to the EduPulse podcast and our second season.In this episode we are joined by Dr Gareth Bates an experienced lecturer and teacher who worked in several secondary schools before moving in...
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Helen Harden @helenharden.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
I was really excited when @drgarethbates.bsky.social proposed this as an article for @associationscied.bsky.social 11-19 SciEd journal SSR. Well worth a read!
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Lisa C @fidgetslisa.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Revising revision with @drgarethbates.bsky.social and Sibel Kaya #ASEConf2025
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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Has the graph become the new triangle in teacher CPD? I keep seeing Ebbinghaus' forgetting curve in various forms. Many of the graphs are just wrong. If we want to claim to be evidence-based, then we need to understand what we are showing. Otherwise just go back to triangles! #UKEd
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Helen Harden @helenharden.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
A highly relevant article on retrieval practice from @drgarethbates.bsky.social . Open access so if you are not a member (yet!) of @associationscied.bsky.social you can see an example of an article from our SSR journal. Thank you Gareth for all your work on this.
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Helen Harden @helenharden.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
If you are interested in writing for @associationscied.bsky.social SSR journal please do submit an article idea via docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... I can then get back to you with initial feedback and suggestions to help get your idea published. Must be relevant to 11-19 science education.
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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
🚨🚨 Are we expecting too much from retrieval practice? I combine data from my research with @englishspecial and Ofsted's science subject report to explore this. #UKEd #SciTeachUK
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Christian Moore-Anderson @cmooreanderson.eurosky.social · 20/11/2024
"Are we expecting too much from retrieval practice?" Open access paper:
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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Thanks to the ASE for accepting my paper 👇. I would recommend wrting for them, really supportive review process. They even put mine open access. #UKEd www.ase.org.uk/resources/sc...
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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 15/09/2024
Rosenshine writes about teacher functions, which later becomes his principles of instruction. Here is what he says about the reference👇
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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 14/09/2024
Here is some more fun. Where is the following from? Who cites this as part of their research?
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Julie D @hektorcat.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
Listening to @drgarethbates.bsky.social at researched Importantnt9 know the difference between recognition and recall tasks
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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
Thanks to everyone who came to my talks at #rED24. I'll get the slides available. If anyone needs support in talking about what I discussed in their school, just give me a message.
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Dr James Shea @englishspecial.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
If you are seeing Gareth at ResearchEd today, or even if you can't, please do fill in our survey on CLT to help us with our follow up paper to our 🔥 paper on Retrieval Practice. Link here: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/beds/usage...
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Cognitive Load Survey
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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 04/09/2024
Session 2 and 4 in K11. Come see my talks #rED24 #UKEd: 1. Most teachers are getting retrieval practice wrong! Are you? 2. Curve your enthusiasm. The truth about the forgetting curve and how it relates to teaching
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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 01/09/2024
Been getting lots of follows today. Many thanks for those that have. I'll be talking at researchED #rED24 next week. 2 sessions, tiles are: 1. Most teachers are getting retrieval practice wrong! Are you? 2. Curve your enthusiasm. The truth about the forgetting curve and how it relates to teaching
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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 21/08/2024
100% agree that it is sloppy. Lots of echo chamber stuff in the references and studies cited.
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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 21/08/2024
#UKEd The answer is (drum roll)... Good and Grouws. Rosenshine first presents his principles of instruction in 1983 as "teacher functions", he lists several studies including the 1979 one, as significant studies.
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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 20/08/2024
#UKEd imagine being a specialist maths teacher in a primary school. You only teach maths and classes come to you for lessons. This is the basis of one of the main studies that Rosenshine uses in his principles.
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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 20/08/2024
What is interesting with this is that it formed a specific maths intervention. The authors say 👇
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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 20/08/2024
🥳Here is a bit of fun (well I think so)🤣 Who wrote the following in 1979? #UKEd #edusky
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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 19/08/2024
If we think about effect size here. If an intervention has no effect, then the mean and SD of the groups would be similar, if not the same. Therefore, if I gave you 100 test scores and asked which group they came from, you'd have a 50/50 chance of getting it right. But....🧵 #UKEd #SciTeachUK
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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 18/08/2024
An understanding of experimental design is crucial when thinking about using cogsci in the classroom (imo). Especially if it is for a general policy. The majority of studies are controlled, comparative and time bound. These don't relate to classroom "conditions". 🧵 #UKEd #SciTeachUK
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Dr Gareth Bates @drgarethbates.bsky.social · 14/08/2024
🚨Interested in retrieval practice?🚨 Check out my paper on how teachers are using it in the classroom. #UKEd #SciTeachUK onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/....
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Retrieval Practice “in the Wild”: Teachers' Reported Use of Retrieval Practice in the Classroom
Recalling previously learnt information from memory can boost learning. By using strategies in the classroom that encourage students to recall information, teachers can improve student outcomes. In E....
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