Using mini whiteboards

On May 7, 2022 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, Differentiation, English, Humanities, Maths, MFL, ScienceLeave a comment

This week in science

On January 14, 2018 By Every day is a school dayIn ScienceLeave a comment

Great blog here https://futurism.com/?s=Week+in+science

Cognitive load aware teaching in science

On January 4, 2018 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Differentiation, Marking and Feedback, Science, UncategorizedLeave a comment

https://dave2004b.wordpress.com/2018/01/03/cognitive-load-and-practical-work-research-an-update/

PISA research

On November 19, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn Closing the Gap, Differentiation, Marking and Feedback, Maths, Research, ScienceLeave a comment

Here is a presentation with some fascinating data comparing the uk to other countries

https://t.co/GYXPOiUKNF?amp=1

And in case you were wondering about elaboration strategies – here are some examples

http://m.busyteacher.org/6451-7-strategies-for-elaboration.html

Music, Science and Maths

On November 18, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn Maths, Performance Data, ScienceLeave a comment

Lots about how music is important across subject areas

https://mathsciencemusic.org/

Periodic table on words and pictures

On July 15, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn ScienceLeave a comment

Here is a nice interactive periodic table

http://elements.wlonk.com/ElementsTable.htm

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

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

100 ideas

On June 4, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn Research, ScienceLeave a comment

Welcome to the BSA’s new campaign ‘Science, not just for scientists: 100’ which aims to generate 100 ideas to make science a more fundamental part of culture and society. We are looking to crowdsource ideas, from scientists and non-scientists about how science can belong to all of us.

http://notjustforscientists.org/idea/the-importance-of-being-wrong/

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