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Category: Closing the Gap

Skills vs knowledge 

On July 22, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, DifferentiationLeave a comment

Here is an interesting blog from Doug Lemov about misunderstandings and misconceptions

http://m.teachlikeachampion.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fteachlikeachampion.com%2Fblog%2Ffavorite-no-mistaking-knowledge-problems-skill-problems%2F&dm_redirected=true#2669

Ideologies in teaching 

On July 22, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, Differentiation, Growth MindsetLeave a comment

Done good points here about an objective approach https://noeasyanswerseducation.wordpress.com/2017/07/21/is-my-teaching-practice-rooted-in-ideology/amp/

Acadamies

On July 20, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn Closing the Gap, ResearchLeave a comment

This report concludes the academy programme has not been as successful as it was hoped 

https://epi.org.uk/report/impact-academies-educational-outcomes/

Connected learning 

On July 8, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, Differentiation, Marking and FeedbackLeave a comment

The next step in making teaching reflect the real world 

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/04/03/connected-learning-tying-to-student-passions-to-school-subjects/

EEF report on the impact of dialogic teaching 

On July 8, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, Differentiation, Marking and FeedbackLeave a comment

https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/our-work/projects/dialogic-teaching/

How to convert KS2 raw scores to scaled scores

On July 4, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn Closing the Gap, Performance DataLeave a comment

Click to access 2017_KS2_scaled_score_conversion_tables.pdf

Teaching to the top – ensuring we stretch the most able

On July 4, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, DifferentiationLeave a comment

https://teacherhead.com/2017/05/28/teaching-to-the-top-attitudes-and-strategies-for-delivering-real-challenge/amp/

Good advice on great teaching from SEc Ed magazine 

On July 2, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, Differentiation, Growth Mindset, Marking and FeedbackLeave a comment

http://www.sec-ed.co.uk/best-practice/stretch-and-challenge-in-your-classroom/?utm_content=bufferad3df&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer#provider_moreover

Literacy report from the EEF

On June 25, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn Closing the Gap, Leadership, Research, SENDLeave a comment

This report has some recommendations that brings a new perspective to literacy development. Very interesting for teachers of all subjects. 

Click to access KS2_Literacy_Guidance_2017.pdf

And a blog by Alex Quigley on the implications of this report

Why Whole-School Literacy Fails!

Assessment for learning ideas

On June 24, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, Differentiation, Growth Mindset, Marking and FeedbackLeave a comment

If you need some inspiration to develop assessment for learning this blog is full of ideas to try:

Try This Toolkit

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