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EEF podcast – Teaching Reading: Developing fluency

16 March 2022

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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To what extent does grammar teaching help children learn to write?

12 March 2022

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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EEF blog: Understanding the relationship between implementation and professional development

11 March 2022

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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Extending the Learning: Using Fingers to Support Number Development

20 February 2022

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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Oracy in Action: Developing Purposeful Talk in EYFS and Key Stage 1

18 February 2022

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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Is cognitive science the answer to every problem in schools?

27 January 2022

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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How (and why) to get your child to read more

6 January 2022

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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Using metacognition to support problem-solving in maths

3 January 2022

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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How schools are closing the word gap

10 December 2021

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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The Science of Counting: A Visual Explainer of the 5 Counting Principles

9 December 2021

What are the key principles to helping young students learn how to count? Numbers can be quite an abstract concept, and until children learn the principles that underpin how to…

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Have you seen the Reading House model?

1 December 2021

The Reading House model Last week, the EEF published their revised report - 'Improving Literacy in KS2' and  ​‘The Reading House’, features in this report. It is designed to support…

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7 key insights from the pandemic schools need to know

30 November 2021

New research from the Chartered College of Teaching has identified numerous innovations and issues from the pandemic that schools need to be aware of to help inform future practice. The…

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