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The cycle behind Knowledgehook

The Short Learning Cycle: 01 identify a gap in knowledge, 02 inform instruction, 03 close knowledge gap, 04 measure student learning

Forty years of research keep landing on the same four steps.

Identify a gap in knowledge. Inform your instruction. Close the gap while it still matters. Measure the growth, then pick the next concept.

01 Identify a Gap In Knowledge Run a short diagnostic on one concept. Five questions, five minutes, no marking.

02 Inform Instruction Results come back grouped by misconception, not by score, so you know what to teach, not just who struggled.

03 Close Knowledge Gap Take the suggested just-in-time intervention into tomorrow's lesson, or use your own.

04 Measure Student Learning Re-check the same concept. You see whether the intervention worked while you can still do something about it.

Nothing here is new pedagogy. It is the practice most teachers already do in their heads, made fast and clear enough to finish before the unit moves on.

The evidence

Among the most effective instructional strategies we have measured.

Education research spanning more than forty years places teachers' use of short learning cycles at the top of the list of strategies that improve student achievement. The mechanism is straightforward: feedback that arrives early enough to change what happens next.

Evidence base built over four decades of classroom research

Works across grades and across math strands

Strongest when cycles are short and repeated, not long and occasional

A local example

Niagara Catholic teachers completed 3,600 cycles.

Niagara Catholic District School Board and Knowledgehook have worked together for several years in a research-into-practice partnership. This year, both Grade 3 and Grade 6 math results sat well above the provincial standard, the product of sustained work by teachers, school leaders and students.

76% of Grade 3 students met or exceeded the provincial standard Province: 64%

61% of Grade 6 students met or exceeded the provincial standard Province: 51%

3,600 short learning cycles completed by board teachers

40+ years of research behind the practice

“Niagara Catholic began taking a very focused approach to improving students’ success in mathematics in 2020. This is when we made the investment in Knowledgehook, which has proven to be a highly effective tool to support student achievement.”

Camillo Cipriano, Director of Education, Niagara Catholic District School Board

Start this week

01

Pick one concept you are teaching next week One concept students tend to trip on.

02

Send the diagnostic as a five-minute warm-up Live group GameShows or independent Mission assignments.

03

Read the misconception, not the mark The support resources highlight the thinking behind the wrong answers.

04

Re-check three days later That second check is what closes the cycle.

Your first cycle takes one class.

Free for teachers.

Try a cycle with your class