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Are the new GCSE exams causing mental health problems?

Jun 24, 2018 | Category: Featured
Sitting an exam is, for most people, an inherently stressful situation. People have been sitting exams since at least the Sui dynasty in China (581-618 CE) when prospective entrants to the Imperial ci...
#stress #Exams #Kathryn Ecclestone #therapeutic education #tests #Kelly McGonigal

Are all difficulties desirable?

Oct 05, 2013 | Category: Featured
I was aghast to read an extract from Malcolm Gladwell's new book, David And Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits And The Art Of Battling Giants in The Guardian yesterday. Not because it's bad, but because it's...
#stress #Malcolm Gladwell #John Tomsett #Robert Bjork #desirable difficulties #dyslexia #David and Goliath

Stress. How much is too much?

Apr 13, 2012 | Category: English
[caption id="attachment_3931" align="alignleft" width="300"] One possible solution?[/caption]Like most teachers, I'll be back at school on Monday and already I've got the heeby jeebies. Apart from all...
#Sir Michael Wilshaw #Alistair Smith #inverted U hypothesis #stress

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