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Is there a right way to teach?

Nov 24, 2012 | Category: learning

It’s become a trite and hackneyed truism that if they’re not learning you’re just talking. We’re all clear that teaching only happens when the little tinkers manage to make some sort of progress – pre...

#Ofsted #Hattie #direct instruction #Wilshaw

Making feedback stick

Jul 16, 2012 | Category: English

There's really no argument about the fact that feedback is pretty important. It sits right at the top of the list of strategies which make the biggest impact on students' progress. If we're not giving...

#Hattie #Triple impact marking #feedback #dialogics

Feedback: it's better to receive than to give

Feb 20, 2012 | Category: assessment

As every teacher ought to already know, feedback and formative assessment are the most powerful, most effective things you can be doing. This means we need to be taking every opportunity to let our s...

#Hattie #praise #feedback

Are teacher observations a waste of time?

Feb 24, 2012 | Category: assessment

"I never allow teachers or school leaders to visit classrooms to observe teachers; I allow them to observe only students".John Hattie (2012)I've been mulling this statement over for the past few weeks...

#lesson observations #Hattie

Is it better to be told, or to discover a fact?

Jan 22, 2012 | Category: learning

I've read a lot of blogosphere twaddle about why students don't learn effectively in groups and the only effective method for teaching is direct instruction. My view is there needs to balance in all t...

#group work #Hattie #direct instruction #spelling

Should we be teaching knowledge or skills?

Nov 02, 2011 | Category: learning

It is a truth universally acknowledged that our education system isn’t quite up to snuff. And at that point virtually all agreement ceases. There are those on which we might loosely term the ‘right’ o...

#Ian Gilbert #SOLO taxonomy #Hattie #Tait Coles #constructivism #Daniel Willingham #direct instruction

Forget the answer, what's the question?

Sep 24, 2011 | Category: learning

We all know the value of effective questioning, but should it be the students rather than the teacher doing a bit more of the asking? After reading about Question Formulation Technique (getting studen...

#Of Mice and Men #Dylan Wiliam #Hattie #QFT #Question Formulation Technique #Steinbeck #Tait Coles

What's the point of homework?

Sep 04, 2011 | Category: Featured

Father: What's all those books then?Son: That's my homework dad.Father: You know what son, if they can't teach you all the stuff you need to know during the day, they can't be very good at their jobs...

#Phil Beadle #detention #Hattie #homework #Marzano