Yesterday’s ResearchEd yet again highlighted the importance of prior or background knowledge for learning. A number of presenters made that very point in their session and I learnt that the hard way, attending Kieran Mackle’s Primary maths session ‘Old Yellow …
The annual trip to Farnham Heath End School. Old friends, new friends, presenting and professional learning. This year’s presentation showcased the research of Dr Luke Eglington and his investigation into Optimal Efficiency Threshold. In search of the sweet-spot most efficient …
Not exactly a catchy title. Nevertheless it is an important one. Three years into my edventures into test-enhanced learning, with the book first final draft back with the editor, Rawson and Dunlosky (2022) publish ‘Successive Relearning: An Underexplored but Potent …
When you read the research on test-enhanced learning you will eventually find yourself knocking at the door of successive relearning. Track back through the papers on successive relearning and you will eventually meet the brilliant research of Dr Harry Bahrick. …
Today, I was at the Sec-Ed conference – Metacognition: Practical strategies for your classroom. It kicked off with Kirsten Mould @kirsten_mould from the EFF, Jackie Beere beamed in with the afternoon Keynote from Matt Bromley @mj_bromley – who was an …
This INSET our school benefited from an afternoon’s presentation and conversation with Sarah Cottingham @overpracticed. Sarah’s social threads and blog posts are becoming very popular indeed. Here is what I took away from her presentation in addition to what I …
In part 1, I shared the benefits of quizzing and of routines. Now to the practicalities of quizzing in the classroom – with a little help from classroom.remembermore.app and plenty of discussion with Sarah Cottingham @overpractised. (See the link at …
Part 1 in a two part series, supports my conversation with Seb @tripitaka74. Seb Venture Teachers Talk Radio. This post is being shared ahead of the show where we are planning to discuss both the benefits and practicalities (deployment) of …
