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* Updated * 'Top 10 Revision Strategies' I've updated one of my all-time most popular blogs on 10 evidence-informed revision strategies: alexquigley.co.uk/top-10-revis...

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I was recently asked about how to choose seating arrangements in the classroom. My response was to consider the goal of the lesson. This should drive the seating. Here’s the research I referenced: theeffortfuleducator.com/2024/10/10/c...

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Why are we holding out for more professional development time? Professor Rob Coe delves into this important topic and explores the benefits of investing in continuous learning and growth for teachers. Read it here 👇 https://buff.ly/3CZaFYg #EduBlogShare

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🚀 Matthew Evans @head-teach.bsky.social and I have launched 100% Assessment, a Substack dedicated to exploring assessment in schools. We'll be posting weekly insights for everyone, from teachers through to Heads and Assessment Leads. Find us here - 100assessment.substack.com/about

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* NEW POST * What role should AI play in the homework that pupil's do? Whatever way you cut it, I suspect it should be very little... teachreal.wordpress.com/2025/01/14/w...

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Your regular reminder from a very smug deputy head that our first GCSE and A Level cohorts to go through their Key Stages with no target grades got their results last summer and they were some of our best ever as a school. Maybe you're worried unnecessarily about the risk of putting them in the bin.

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The Transfer Window: Can we Teach Metacognition in Isolation? Should we dedicate curriculum time specifically to metacognition? researchschool.org.uk/bradford/new...

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It’s here! Our new open access book on curriculum written by Tim Surma, @paulkirschner.bsky.social, @dylanwiliam.bsky.social, @timsurma.bsky.social, Nuno Crato, Elizabeth Rata, John Hattie, Claudio Van Hees, Michiel Wils, Jasper Nijlunsing and me. Download it here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Teaching | Finite saysmiss.wordpress.com/2025/01/06/t...

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It’s ITT assignment season. I wrote this whilst marking for our local SCITT/University using my experience of reading assignments and writing my own as an EdD student. Please share with trainees if useful: www.researchtoclassroom.com/post/writing... #UKEduBlog #UKTeacher #AcademicSky

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New Blog Post: 5 ways to boost your teams this January Something for teams to consider as they transition from a busy autumn term into 2025 Featuring ideas from: @adamboxereducation.bsky.social @funkypedagogy.bsky.social @mrarobbins.bsky.social @marymyatt.bsky.social samcrome.com/2024/12/31/5...

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NEW FREE POST IQ, neuroscience and other useless concepts Well, in the classroom at least fillingthepail.substack.com/p/iq-neurosc...

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Exit tickets keep popping back up. I know I addressed them a few months back, but I keep walking back into them when I'm visiting schools and talking T&L. I dug out this Harry Fletcher Wood blog to reflect a little more... ⤵️⤵️

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About 8 years ago, @siobhanleahy50 and I prepared a Quick Reference Guide for Embedding Formative Assessment. It's now out of print, so the copyright has reverted to us, and we are free to share it with anyone who wants it: bit.ly/EFAQRG (pdf).

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Do your pupils struggle to learn new vocabulary? Try out these 7 strategies ⬇️ Follow us for research-informed professional learning & resources for teachers. www.impact.wales

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What are the 3 most effective & useful learning strategies supported by research? 🧠Retrieval practice or quizzing 📅Spaced practice ✏️Combining visuals & language Get in touch if you would like to know more about professional learning informed by research [email protected]

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NEW POST On building relationships. drcastelino.wordpress.com/2024/11/30/o...

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I wrote this some months ago and have avoided posting it for some time. Here's why I think we spend too much time worrying about pedagogy: inthenameofrigour.wordpress.com/2024/11/24/c...

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This blows my mind!

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NEW FREE POST Differentiation or Differentiated Instruction My part in its downfall fillingthepail.substack.com/p/differenti...

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While I avoid planning class for tomorrow, how about a cool #Physics demo? ⚛️🧲 Let's talk about Faraday's Law. What's Faraday's Law, precious? Well, it's the reason that a sheet of aluminum can bring a swinging magnet to a screeching halt.

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🤖 New Blog 🤖 8 Principles for using AI www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/innerdr...

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* NEW POST * ‘Adaptive teaching & the power of anticipation’ “[Adaptive teaching] is sensitive to the type of anticipation, & expert decision-making, that teachers enjoy & respect. You cannot script it.” alexquigley.co.uk/adaptive-tea...

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Is retrieval practice becoming a lethal mutation? Latest post on how we can think more carefully about applying the science of learning ⬇ www.linkedin.com/pulse/10-way...

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Lightning teacher tip: pretty much any time you ask a question, make sure the name is at the end. Critical for building Participation Ratio, but a surprisingly hard habit to get into. achemicalorthodoxy.co.uk/2024/02/29/n...

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Choke Points and Pitfalls in Studying A review of an incredibly accessible and useful journal article for students and teachers alike...and it features prominently in my new book.(url.com/4jjsp7w5) theeffortfuleducator.com/2022/01/27/c... #edusky #cogscisci

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NEW BLOG What is the difference between familiarity and automaticity? morgsedu.wordpress.com/2024/08/23/f...

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old blog I've very much enjoyed having conversations about CPD here recently. To that end, here's an old blog that some of you might feel like discussing 🙂 teachreal.wordpress.com/2021/11/16/t...

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New Post Cohesion. wp.me/s7SAU4-cohes... #EduSky #UKTeaching #CogSciSci

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Excellent blog on reading a complex text (using a geography example) to exemplify a helpful disciplinary literacy approach by @jdurran.bsky.social jamesdurran.blog/2024/08/19/d...

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It's the summer, so if you fancy a bit of cogsci reading then here's my list: tinyurl.com/yc3mwx6e If you've got any other suggestions let me know! #EduSky #ITeachPhysics #cogsci #cogscisci

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For any new teachers: Five Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Teaching carlhendrick.com/2017/05/06/f...

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The science of learning: a conceptual framework How might we think of the related elements and how they work together in a systematic way? 🧵

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NEW blog Do your pupils work hard enough? Inspired by discussions on Bluesky earlier. bunsenblue.wordpress.com/2024/08/17/d...

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We’ve a tendency to think that the most significant improvements in a school come from whole-school strategies, but (apart from behaviour) I think most improvement is led at the subject level. This is why. clioetcetera.com/2020/03/09/h...

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In the article we outline how we identified these 6 core features of a local learning landscapes - drawing on literature & iterated through research in 3 localities. Tries to capture how CPD hubs, MATs, schools etc come together (or not) to enable prof learning link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Target grades are made up. They have no validity. Nobody can defend them. They've also helped create a bizarre orthodoxy in which we discuss what grades kids "should get" which is just insane. Just have a think about what nonsense that is. The "grade they should have got "

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Keep hearing about BlueSky so thought I’d see what’s happening!

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