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Category: Humanities

How much do students remember from textbooks?

On June 27, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn Business/ICT, English, Humanities, Maths, MFL, ScienceLeave a comment

Find out here:

http://www.learningscientists.org/blog/2016/2/17-1

Visual hexagons

On June 19, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn HumanitiesLeave a comment

On the one hand….

On June 12, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn HumanitiesLeave a comment

Enagaging students at the start of the lesson

On June 11, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Business/ICT, English, Growth Mindset, Humanities, Maths, MFL, PE, Performing Arts, Research, ScienceLeave a comment

Here are some ideas from the Guardian on how to start lessons in an engaging way.

https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2017/jun/07/teachers-heres-how-to-get-your-lessons-off-to-a-flying-start

Effectiveness of homework

On June 10, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn Business/ICT, Closing the Gap, English, Humanities, Marking and Feedback, Maths, MFL, PE, Performing Arts, Research, ScienceLeave a comment

Here is a summary of the evidence from the EEF on the effectiveness of homework. It also contains some suggestions on how to improve it.

https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/resources/teaching-learning-toolkit/homework-secondary

Findings from psychological research

On June 9, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn Growth Mindset, Humanities, ResearchLeave a comment

https://digest.bps.org.uk/2017/06/05/these-nine-cognitive-psychology-findings-all-passed-a-stringent-test-of-their-replicability/

Refugee movement

On June 3, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn HumanitiesLeave a comment

Watch every movement of refugees on earth since 2000

https://www.fastcompany.com/40423720/watch-the-movements-of-every-refugee-on-earth-since-the-year-2000

Spelling starter

On May 29, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn Business/ICT, English, Humanities, MFL, ScienceLeave a comment

When marking books/essays we all notice common mistakes that our students make… After marking a set of books/essays and finding these common mistakes; why not get your students to become independent in their reflection of your diagnostic marking!

Independent Reflection on Marking

The most popular books of all time infographic

On May 29, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn English, HumanitiesLeave a comment

The most feared books of all time

On May 29, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn English, HumanitiesLeave a comment

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