Growth

Draw the lesson’s causal connections

Whenyou finish an explanation of a process

Draw three or four named parts and arrows showing what causes what. Say what each arrow means. Check every link against the lesson, correcting direction or missing conditions; leave uncertain links marked as questions.

Start tiny

Draw and check one cause-and-effect arrow.

Evidence grade CPractitioner method or editorial idea

Pashler et al. (2007), Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning, IES Practice Guide, recommendations 3–4. Read the source ↗ Evidence-based guidance for integrating verbal/graphic and concrete/abstract representations; mainly educational settings.

Growth: Supporting habits that improve the conditions for useful repetitions: preparation, consistency or necessary recovery.

From the screen to the fridge

Keep your practice in sight.

Library cards are free to read and print. Choose the ones you’ll use, put them where their cues happen, and keep returning to the practice. Our boxed collections are separate printed editions.