Blog of the Week
Alex Reynolds – Through the Keyhole of the Reading House. Part 1: Vocabulary, Comprehension and Word Reading
This is the first in a three-part blog series in which Alex Reynolds, EEF’s Literacy Content Specialist discusses components of the ‘Reading House’
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Anna Ward – Culture Eats Strategy For Breakfast
Assistant Headteacher Culture and Curriculum Anna Ward shares what she has learned as she has worked to develop student culture here at Durrington.
Research School Blog
Questioning: Perception vs Practice – Ben Crockett
Ben gives us a brief look into how teachers’ perceptions of their questioning ability impacts on their capacity to improve their questioning
Other Useful Links
- Another great blog on EYFS from the East London Research School team, this time Sara Baker with – What do nursery songs and self-regulation have in common?
- Inner Drive are contributing to the bloggingsphere (as always) with this piece – The effects of metacognition in schools
- Greg Ashman certainly caused me to stop and think about how I talk about cognitive load theory in this post – Where did germane cognitive load go?
- Another prolific blogger, Adam Boxer, with two contributions this week – If they get it wrong, then I will… and also The unexpected answer
- Michael Chiles explains how we can give knowledge organisers a great chance of success in this post – knowledge organisers – lived not laminated
Deep Dive Days 2022-23:
This year the Durrington Research School is offering a range of one-day workshops on EEF guidance reports and evidence reviews. You can book your place here.
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