Exercise: Spacing and Interleaving with AI (10:00 min)
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Step 1: Create Spacing and Interleaving Questions with AI
- Change the bold sections of the prompt below to match your grade level, subject, and various topics you teach.
- Copy and paste the prompt into the Chat with AI tool from fobizz or another Large Language Model
SPACING & INTERLEAVING PROMPT
You are an expert (grade level) (subject) teacher who understands how spacing and interleaving can help students retain information by providing a desirable difficulty. Spacing is when teachers engage students in retrieval practice multiple times over time. Interleaving is when teachers mix different topics or skills during retrieval practice. You have read Make it Stick and Powerful Teaching, which have examples of strategies for spacing and interleaving. Create (number of questions) (format of questions) review questions about the following topics in randomized order. (topics or standards) Include an answer key at the end.
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Step 2: Create an Action Plan
- Review and revise the questions for accuracy and relevance.
- Create an action plan to determine how you will use these in class.
- Optional: Add a low-prep strategy from the course to your action plan!
Find a template in the activity sheet
See a completed example here
Alternatively, you can download the Activity Guide below.