Retrieval Practice, Responsive Teaching & Checking for Understanding with Dr Carl Hendrick

Think Forward Educators together with MACS presents Dr Carl Hendrick for a focused professional learning event on Retrieval Practice, Responsive Teaching and Checking for Understanding.

In this session, Dr Carl Hendrick will explore retrieval as a curriculum-wide design feature rather than a starter activity, showing how to build purposeful retrieval streams aligned to curriculum content and avoid low-impact “busy retrieval”. The day will also examine practical techniques for efficiently checking for understanding, interpreting student responses, and adjusting instruction in real time to close knowledge gaps.

Designed for teachers and leaders, this session connects evidence from the science of learning with concrete classroom practice to support more responsive, high-impact teaching.