Webinar series: Making GCSE history accessible: supporting all learners at Key Stage 4

Session 2: Making it stick: enhancing memory retention for pupils with SEND in GCSE history 

Presenter: Dale Banham

This session explores how to help SEND learners retain historical knowledge by applying research-informed strategies that reduce cognitive overload and support long-term memory formation within the context of history teaching.

Key topics:

• - Applying cognitive load theory to history-specific content and tasks
• - Using dual coding, retrieval practice, and spaced learning frameworks to support retention
• - Embedding effective homework, revision routines and explicit instruction to strengthen pupils’ historical schema

Expiry date: 30 April 2028

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