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20 psychological principles for teachers #10 Mastery

Jun 07, 2015 | Category: psychology
This is the second of four posts exploring what motivates students and the tenth in my series examining the Coalition for Psychology in Schools and Education’s report on the Top 20 Principles From Psy...

What might be a good proxy for learning?

Mar 22, 2015 | Category: Featured
Professor Rob Coe's speech, From Evidence to Great Teaching, at the ASCL conference last Friday seemed to generate quite a bit of energy on Twitter, as did Carl Hendrick's post on engagement. Coe has...

Revisiting lost learning by Gerald Haigh

Nov 30, 2014 | Category: learning
In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important a function as recollecting. - William James As teachers, we tend to do all in our power to prevent students from forgetting what we...

Chasing our tails - is AfL all it's cracked up to be?

Aug 29, 2013 | Category: assessment
Is it blasphemous to doubt the efficacy of AfL? While purists might argue that it's 'just good teaching', we teach in a world where formative assessment has become dogma and where feedback is king. (D...