What is learning?
Edssential article from @learningspy : Go on, ask yourself, ask other teachers, ask some students: what is learning? It’s a pretty big question isn’t it? One that I might have felt hopelessly unequal...
View ArticleEffective revision strategies
Edssential article from @HuntingEnglish : There is a lot of cognitive science research that proves what revision strategies work best for embedding information into the long term memory – which is our...
View ArticleWhat we can learn from Direct Instruction & Siegfried Engelmann
Edssential article from @joe__kirby : There is a vast range of empirical, scientific and statistical evidence that shows Direct Instruction works. Project Follow Through was the largest controlled...
View ArticleQuestioning: Marginal Learning Gains
Edssential article from @fullonlearning : When it comes to Marginal Learning Gains, it is a real challenge to include QUESTIONING as an area where there could be a Marginal Learning Gain. There are...
View ArticleFeedback – Research suggests…..
Edssential article from @EducEndowFoundn: What is it? Feedback is information given to the learner and/or the teacher about the learner’s performance relative to learning goals. It should aim to (and...
View ArticleLive Lesson Obs:Making Lesson Observations Formative
Edssential article from @learningspy : You can push and prod people into something better than mediocrity, but you have to encourage excellence. David Lammy We’ve all experienced the dread and agony of...
View ArticleImproving Written Feedback
Edssential article from @HuntingEnglish : This week I gave a seminar at TeachMeet Clevedon. I am going to post more fully on my topic of teachers getting better by undertaking ‘deliberate practice‘...
View ArticleThe Big Idea – Questioning
Edssential article from @shaun_allison : Never one to miss an opportunity to share good ideas, at an INSET day last week staff were asked to write down one successful strategy they have used to develop...
View ArticleWhat’s the difference between remembering and memorising?
Edssential article from @Kris_Boulton : Memorisation is an active process. Remembering is passive. At least this is my inexpert claim; I would like to hear other people’s thoughts, based on what...
View Article‘Question Time’ and Asking ‘Why’
Edssential article from @HuntingEnglish : No, this post isn’t a dissection of David Dimbleby’s negotiation of a bent table full of politicking talking heads. I’m sorry if you came looking for political...
View ArticleEverything you thought you knew about learning is wrong
Edssential article from @garthsundem : Taking notes during class? Topic-focused study? A consistent learning environment? All are exactly opposite of the best strategies for learning. I recently had...
View ArticleThe Myth of the ‘Quality of Teaching’
Edssential article from @kevbartle : If you’re only as good as your last post on a subject then I am completely off my rocker to even try and attempt a second “Myth of…” post. The first one, on “The...
View ArticleApproaching Differentiation: The proof is in the pudding
Edssential article from @andrewwarnerkms : This year I have been trying to use a common sense approach to challenge and differentiation. Rather than slavishly accept the doctrine to dumb down my...
View ArticleAccountability we can trust
Edssential article from @headguruteacher: I’m convinced that our existing accountability framework is preventing schools from improving at the pace that they could be or in the way that they should be....
View ArticleLiteracy in PE (and every other subject!)
Edssential article from @davidfawcett27 : Literacy is a key theme this year and one which is being raised and commented a lot in various forums. Ideas and discussion have flowed on Twitter. Numerous...
View ArticleWinning Ugly: The Secrets of ‘Gritty’ Teaching and Learning
Edssential article from @HuntingEnglish : Americans love a ‘Spelling Bee‘. They are unique competitions where precocious children battle it out in a linguistic street-fight, whilst anxious parents look...
View ArticleDeep Questioning
Edssential article from @shaun_allison : We are fortunate to have many excellent teachers at Durrington High School. The 15 minute forum this week was led by one of our longest serving teachers – Sue...
View ArticleWhat makes great school leadership
Edssential article from @joe__kirby: When Nelson Mandela emerged from prison after 27 years, many of South Africa’s four million whites feared they would be driven into the sea. Many of South Africa’s...
View ArticleWhat is Outstanding?
Edssential article from @mj_bromley : I spend a lot of time travelling the country speaking to teachers and school leaders, and the question I am asked more than any other is this: what is an...
View ArticleDeliberately Difficult – Why It’s Better to make Learning Harder
Edssential article from @learningspy : The most fundamental goals of education are long-term goals. As teachers and educators, we want targeted knowledge and skills to be acquired in a way that makes...
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