The glamour of grammar: in context or not?
It’s something of an understatement to say that glamour and grammar are not usually closely associated in many people’s minds. One of the 100 words David Crystal uses to tell The Story of English is...
View ArticleGetting feedback right Part 4: How can we increase pupils’ aspiration?
You may remember that over the past few weeks I’ve been trying to refine my thinking about how we can improve the way we give feedback. If you haven’t already read the previous instalments, you might...
View ArticleShould group work be imposed?
I recently posted some thoughts on what group work is and isn’t good for. At no point did I say it was good for nothing (although predictably my opinion was caricatured as ‘hating’ group work) and I...
View ArticleMaths Mastery: Evidence versus Spin
. On Friday 13 February, the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) published the long-awaited evaluation reports of two randomised control trials (RCTs) of Mathematics Mastery, an Ark-sponsored...
View ArticleThe Power of Teaching Assistants
(Image via The Daily Mail) Teaching Assistants, like their teacher colleagues, get flak and plaudits in equal measure. Some of the headlines conflate... The post The Power of Teaching Assistants...
View ArticleWhole School Feedback Policy
(Image based on the Education Endowment Foundation Toolkit findings) All the evidence tells us that great feedback works. Simple. Let’s do more of that... The post Whole School Feedback Policy...
View ArticleGrowth Mindset – More Evidence
If you are a school teacher and you haven’t heard of Carol Dweck’s ubiquitous growth and fixed mindset concept then… quite frankly, where the... The post Growth Mindset – More Evidence appeared first...
View ArticleThe (Potential) Perils of Peer Tutoring
(Graph summering the Education Endowment Foundation Toolkit) I’ve always held with the Beatles lyric that we get by with a little help from... The post The (Potential) Perils of Peer Tutoring...
View ArticleGreat Novels and Great Headlines
Today Nicky Morgan announced her ‘rallying cry’ to make children in this country “become the best readers in Europe”. Flanked by comic-celebrity wordsmith David... The post Great Novels and Great...
View ArticleA Rejection of SATs Resits
In this past week we have heard of a raft of new policies emerge from the Department for Education (DfE). Clearly, some storms of... The post A Rejection of SATs Resits appeared first on HuntingEnglish.
View ArticleCollaborative Learning
How can teachers make learning stick? We now have evidence to suggest that on average, some classroom methodologies have a bigger
View ArticleReasons why edtech folk hate to be questioned Part 2: Confirmation bias
In Part 1 I explored the concept of vested interest and how it could lead us to make decisions and react in ways which might, to others, appear irrational. This post address another predictable way we...
View ArticleTriple impact feedback on the EEF marking review
The EEF publish a review of the evidence of marking. I give them some feedback. The EEF respond to my criticisms. Well… we could go on for ever. Feel familiar? James Richardson and Robbie Coleman, say...
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