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23 March 2022
The Education Endowment Foundation is looking for primary schools to participate in upcoming trials of the following educational programmes:- Stop and Think: A software programme which uses quizzes and games to…
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Dual coding, which is the process of blending words and pictures together, allows students to learn and recall information better. However, a separate area of psychology, the Redundancy Effect, suggests…
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What is spatial reasoning? How do we develop young children’s spatial reasoning? The answers are in the Early Childhood Maths Group Toolkit which includes posters, videos, guidance and a learning…
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The EEF has released a brand new episode of ‘Evidence into Action’, a podcast which explores important areas of educational research, and how it is being put into practice in schools. In…
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The teaching of grammar in primary schools in England (a key feature of England’s national curriculum) does not appear to help children’s narrative writing, although it may help them generate…
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Jonathan Sharples explains how professional development fits into the process of implementing new approaches in the classroom. One of the most striking insights that has emerged from the evidence base…
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James Gray explores how using fingers when supporting number development could provide significant benefits to learning. Teaching for mastery is now a well-embedded notion in Primary teaching, focusing on a secure development…
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Effective practice in school can compensate for children who have missed out on early language opportunities at home Research makes a link between the amount and quality of conversation at home and…
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Cognitive science is the study of the mental processes that we use to learn and understand information. It is a very broad field, with many higher order processes and executive…
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Reading is an essential skill that contributes to the development of literacy comprehension skills, communication skills, and overall academic performance. However, young people today are reading fewer books for pleasure compared to…
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Kirstin Mulholland, content specialist for maths at the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), has written a thought provoking blog exploring how teaching staff can support pupils to problem-solve effectively using metacognition.…
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The scale of the word gap and the impact of Covid on language developments remainsa very serious issue. School teachers and leaders have known for years that the language and…
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