Adventure Begins
Last week I read about why schools should set up a Dungeons and Dragons club (D&D). I’d like to say it took more than a little time investment and learning for this ‘shake, battle n roll‘ novice to started. Of …
Teaching
Applying teaching strategied, techniques and ideas.
A question worth answering?
Two important points need signposting here. First, learning is not revealed at the point of observation. This knowledge is well-established and frequently commented upon. Learning and performance are dissociable. What is more, we know that learning can occur in the absence of …
More and more leakage from the teaching profession
Yesterday I reflected on the Education Support report on teacher retention. In fairness, the report was more solution focused than today’s education headlines. In fact, the sector’s frustrations have been referred to as a “backlash” towards the DfE’s attempt to …
What to glean from the Education Support’s report on Teacher Retention
About the report In March 2023, the Education Support Commission was also able to negotiate an anonymised recruitment and retention dataset of a leading national Multi-Academy Trust (MAT).Public First then carried out a series of interviews, focus groups and roundtable …
What if question feedback was a waste of time?
Controversial I know. Here is a copy of this morning’s @ReDBerks presentation. As ever, great to make connections and visit some fantastic presentations / presenters – thanks to @Mr_AlmondED (comprehension is not a skill) and @mikehobbis (attention). Adesope, O. O., …
Spaced retrieval practice – works (yet again)
Why should we be interested in a new research paper from the Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning? Here are five reasons. Spaced Retrieval Practice and Edtech Kang et al., (2023) are quick to summarise a wealth of research demonstrating …
The words from the forest
Whenever I need help with a tricky ‘Science of Reading’ query, Chris Such rarely fails to respond with multiple possible responses. And rightly so, the Science of Reading is a complex and interwoven topic. His book, sadly, is mistitled – …
Retrieval, working memory and Fribbles!
Research papers investigating “retrieval practice” continue to be published rather regularly. Fortuntely, at a pace that I can almost keep up to date with. This paper by Zheng et al., (2023) caught my attention as you rarely read papers which …