FFT Aspire Higher
The release of 2014 KS4 data in Aspire may have been delayed a further week, there is still a lot to look forward to. In fact, the news of the delay came with a development roadmap. What will support schools An …
Teaching
Applying teaching strategied, techniques and ideas.
MCQs get a mention from…
MCQs get a mention in Glenys Stacey’s speech at the recent Westminster Education Forum A Level Reform event. We also found differences in assessment [comparable international qualifications], for example, the more prevalent use of sophisticated multiple choice items in assessment …
Behaviour with Paul Dix
It is two weeks into my Online Managing Behaviour for Learning with Pivatol Education’s Paul Dix. I have found it difficult to keep pace, it really is a hearty three course meal. I have been snacking where I can, including on the move via Canvas’s Mobile …
Smile, business card and trademark
Your smile is your logo. Your personality is your business card. How you leave others feeling after an experience with you becomes your trademark. Spending today complaining about yesterday won’t make tomorrow any better. Quick fixes are rarely quick, and …
What makes great teaching? Over Trusting?
If I am unsure of my own opinion, I search for comment and perspective from a huddle of trusted educationalists. Educationalists kind enough to unravel their own thoughts and practices online, open to us to read and challenge. Alex Quigley and Shaun Allison had already …
Knowing our students
Significant accountability*, curriculum and assessment reform is impacting upon our schools. There is barely pause for breath before adding careers guidance reform, the SEN Code of Practice, [breathe] pay and conditions reform is front with centre and capital funding rarely removed from the …
We do not need another ‘how to write effective MCQs’
As I wrote previously, there are five million hits on ‘how to write effective MCQs.’ We do not need another ‘how to’ post – of that I am sure and yet that is almost what I am about to do. …
MCQs have more to offer than you might think
I have been growing more interested in Multiple-choice Questions or (MCQs). It started off as a QuickKey interest but it has become much more than that. If I thought I might be a edugeek, this pretty much confirms it. An …