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A plain list of every technique, with its evidence label. To filter by AI use, delivery, class size, and prep time, use the finder.

Help students remember and solve problems

Make the learning stick, and teach procedures so students can solve problems they have not seen.

  • Low-stakes retrieval practice

    Strong evidenceWorks with or without AIIn personLive onlineSelf-paced onlineAny class sizeUnder an hour to set up

    Short, ungraded quizzes that make students pull ideas out of memory instead of rereading them. It takes a few minutes of class time and has some of the strongest evidence in the learning sciences.

    Question: How do I get students to remember what I taught after the exam?

  • Spaced practice

    Strong evidenceWorks with or without AIIn personLive onlineSelf-paced onlineAny class sizeA few hours to set up

    Return to the same material several times with gaps in between, instead of covering it once or reviewing it all in one sitting. The best gap depends on how long you want students to remember.

    Question: How should I schedule review so students remember for the final, not just the quiz?

  • Worked examples with fading

    Strong evidenceWorks with or without AIIn personLive onlineSelf-paced onlineAny class sizeA few hours to set up

    Show novices complete solutions to study, then gradually remove steps until they solve problems on their own. It is one of the best-supported ways to teach a procedure to someone who has never done it.

    Question: How do I teach students to solve problems in math, accounting, or programming without losing them?

Group work and discussion

Get every student thinking and talking, in a lecture hall or a small group.

  • Peer instruction with concept questions

    Moderate evidenceNo AI neededIn personLive onlineAny class sizeA few hours to set up

    Pose a conceptual question, have every student commit to an answer, let neighbors argue it out, then vote again. It turns a lecture into a series of short, structured conversations.

    Question: What can I do in a 200-student lecture to get every student thinking?

  • Cooperative groups with individual accountability

    Strong evidenceNo AI neededIn personLive onlineAny class sizeA few hours to set up

    Structured group work in which the team succeeds only if every member learns, and each member is held individually accountable. Assigned roles and one individual check do most of the work.

    Question: How do I make group work fair so one student doesn't do all of it?

  • Explain It Yourself: AI-assisted group projects with individual accountability

    Emerging evidenceBuilt around AIIn personUnder 60 studentsA project to set up

    A design for courses where students may use AI. AI helps students plan. Then every student must explain the material and solve problems of that type alone, in front of teammates and the instructor.

    Question: How do I let students use AI in a group project without losing the learning?

Feedback, assignments, and assessment

Clearer assignments, feedback students use, and assessment that still works when AI is in the room.

  • Feedback with a next step

    Moderate evidenceWorks with or without AIIn personLive onlineSelf-paced onlineAny class sizeA few hours to set up

    Comments that are about the work, specific, early enough to act on, and end with something the student can do next. Feedback is among the most influential things instructors do, and also one of the easiest to do badly.

    Question: How do I give feedback that students actually use?

  • Transparent assignments (TILT)

    Emerging evidenceWorks with or without AIIn personLive onlineSelf-paced onlineAny class sizeUnder an hour to set up

    Rewrite an assignment so students can see, before they start, why it matters, exactly what to do, and what good work looks like. It is a one-hour change aimed at the students who are least likely to already know the unwritten rules.

    Question: How do I make my assignments clearer for first-generation students?

  • Process-based assessment when students can use AI

    Emerging evidenceWorks with or without AIIn personLive onlineSelf-paced onlineAny class sizeA few hours to set up

    Look at how a student got to the work, not only at the finished file. Drafts, an AI-use log, and one short live check give you evidence that survives whether your course allows AI or bans it.

    Question: How do I assess student work when they can use AI?

Online, recorded, and AI-supported practice

Make recorded content work, and set up AI so it supports practice instead of replacing it.

  • Short, interactive instructional video

    Moderate evidenceWorks with or without AISelf-paced onlineIn personAny class sizeA project to set up

    Record short videos, one idea each, and put a question or task after each one. Use video to add to your teaching, not only to replace a live lecture.

    Question: How do I make my recorded lectures work better for online students?

  • A guardrailed AI tutor for practice

    Emerging evidenceBuilt around AIIn personLive onlineSelf-paced onlineAny class sizeA project to set up

    If students are going to practice with AI, set it up as a tutor that gives hints and works through steps, not a chatbot that hands over answers. Two randomized studies show the difference can be large.

    Question: Can I let students use AI to practice without hurting their learning?