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11 October 2021
Assistant Headteacher Hydeh Fayaz explains the importance of working with schemas in supporting pupil learning. Findings from cognitive science can offer useful insights for teachers in every classroom. In the…
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A recent research study explored both beneficial and detrimental effects of testing as a learning strategy, wanting to answer the following question: is retrieval practice a double-edged sword? Here’s why it…
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On average, the NHS recommends young people aged 5 to 18 to get at least 60 minutes of exercise per day. However, a recent survey has found a 40% drop in the number…
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The Education Endowment Foundation has launched an updated version of their flagship resource, the Teaching and Learning Toolkit. The Toolkit is designed to support teachers and school leaders who are looking…
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'Prequestioning can be an effective pedagogical strategy to support learning'. 'Whilst the well-documented positive effects of retrieval practice have quite rightly received a lot of attention in recent years, prequestioning seems…
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Supporting children's transition to secondary school is an evidence-based guidance for parents and carers, written with input from clinicians at the Anna Freud Centre and teachers. This short guide provides tips about how…
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The Education Endowment Foundation has produced a guidance report containing six recommendations for using teacher feedback to improve pupil learning: Lay the foundations for effective feedback Deliver appropriately timed feedback…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsA8MZ14pDo Ofsted has published the fifth in a series of reviews into different subjects across the curriculum, and the latest looks at geography. Click here to access the research review.…
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Writing in TES, Amy Gibbons reports that the second full national lockdown at the start of the spring term regressed primary pupils' learning loss back to levels recorded at the start of the autumn…
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Ofsted has identified the key principles of teaching a ‘high-quality’ religious education (RE) curriculum in its latest research review. Reporting in Schools Week, James Carr has summarised the key pieces of advice. 1.…
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In a recent EEF blog, Dr. Kaiser introduces the new Best Evidence in Science Teaching (BEST) resources designed to support teachers with curriculum planning. She goes on to say that,…
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John Roberts, in TES reports that Ofsted has identifies the principles it says underpin a quality science education. Through a study of existing research and literature, Ofsted says it has identified…
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