Primary education and physical education

4. Let students sleep

“You snooze, you lose” may hold truth, but not when it comes to actual sleep.
Research on second language learners found students who slept between learning sessions had better long-term retention and needed half the practice, compared to those who spaced theirs over the course of a single day.
Sleep is incredibly important for learning -- and especially relevant for children, who naturally need more sleep during developmental years.

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Memory consolidation happens during sleep, so students should never underestimate the importance of a good night’s rest between learning sessions. Even if two study sessions are the exact same, breaking them up with sleep should result in better learning outcomes.
To make sure students can get enough sleep, space out homework so there isn’t too much on a given night. A great way to accomplish this is with frequent small assignments or spacing out individual parts of a larger project -- both of which involve regular check-ins. And don’t forget -- study schedules and journals will help with this, too.
Adequate sleep will also boost student energy and make them more receptive to learning after they wake up. Students, teachers and parents will be more than happy with the results.

5. Delayed homework

This strategy involves staggered assignments, which involves teachers assigning homework on a particular topic a few weeks, or months, after they originally taught it.
o delay homework, teachers should do the following:

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   Teach an initial learning session on a given subject or unit
   
2. 
   Create a homework assignment based on this
   
3. 
   Move on to teaching the next topic, or the next few topics
   
4. 
   Assign homework on the original topic
   

Regular delayed homework would mean students are constantly solving problems based on things they’ve already learned, but aren’t currently working on in class. These regular reviews mean constant memory retrieval, which is perfect for spaced learning.