Summarising or applying research
The ACE/CIS “Phonics in context is not enough” provided a very real and practitioners led overview of the debate. The Q and A here, closed with a spurning conclusion: “Explicit and systematic” is mandatory, “significant and relevant” is even more important. …
Here is the premise: Classroom sound can be used to classify teaching practices in college science courses. Sounds interesting. Sound is interesting. Using teaching techniques beyond lecture, such as pair discussions and reflective writing, has been shown to boost student …
Teachers are not very good at writing effective and usable assessment questions. says @ProfCoe #rEdDurham Studies typically find that unstructured judgements of the expected proportion who will get a question right typically correlate about 0.2-0.3 with the actual proportions (Bramley & …
Not mine. Learning – What is it, and how might we catalyse it? is the latest offer from Peps Mccrea – author of Memorable Teaching (and Lean Lesson Planning) a book we gifted our teachers last Christmas. I doubt you’ll find an …
Cognitive load theory was recently described by British educationalist Dylan Wiliam as ‘the single most important thing for teachers to know’ (Wiliam 2017). My longest ever blog post title is not a professed assertion, rather a quote from Dylan Wiliam. …
At the back end of January 2011 I was reading the research findings by Jeffrey D. Karpicke, Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue. In a nutshell, Karpicke’s research shows that practising retrieval is an even more effective strategy than …
Back in 2011 – I used social bookmarking tool Delicious to capture and share useful learning resources. It captures my first exposure to retrieval practice and wider reading / links and intention to “follow up.” Purdue Newsroom – Research finds …
Despite requesting that I be informed when the Headteacher arrived for the CLT meeting, I was late in fact late. Second, despite months of conscientious hardwork, Lenovo has let us down with the delivery of the Netbooks. Subsequently my first real contribution to a CLT meeting …
