Eye Movements, Modelling and Pauses
Reading time, 2 minutes: How can teachers reduce cognitive load with one easy step?
Teaching and Learning
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Marking ‘by Frequency’ Needs To Stop!
Reading time, 3 minutes: What ‘good reason’ do schools ask teachers to mark books on a frequent basis?
You Have ‘Not Yet’ Adopted A Diagnostic Focus …
Reading time, 2 minutes: What simple fix should teachers use when providing feedback?
🕸️ Developing A Secure Overview
Reading time, 2 minutes: How do teachers attend to the small student details as well as keep in mind the ‘bigger picture’?
🧠 6 Curriculum ‘Storytelling’ Tips To Improve Recall
Reading time, 2 minutes: Did you know, that ‘telling stories’ activates the neurons in our brain?
Why Students Do (or Do Not) Choose Retrieval Practice?
Reading time, 2 minutes: Why do the students choose to re-study rather than retrieve?
Unpicking 7 School Feedback Policies
Reading time, 6 minutes: Does your school’s teaching and learning policy do more harm than good?
MARGE: 5 Steps Towards Developing Lifelong Learners
Reading time, 3 minutes: How can teachers develop students into lifelong learners?
Taking School Feedback Policy into 2030s
Reading time, 2 minutes: Does your school have a ‘feedback policy?’
10 Research-Informed Study Skills
Reading time, 3 minutes: Why do we assume that ‘delivering content to students’ is a teacher’s most important thing to do?
Making Abstract Ideas Concrete
Reading time, 4 minutes: How can teachers work more effectively when explaining concepts, rules and facts?
Early Years: Guided Play or Direct Instruction?
Reading time, 2 minutes: Does ‘guided play’ support early development and learning?