Blog of the Week
Efrat Furst – Learning in the brain
If you are looking for an elegant explanation of the key features of working memory and long-term memory with great illustrations then this blog has got you covered.
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Chris Runeckles – Metacognition Bright Spots
In this blog I share some bright spots from Durrington High School lessons based on conversations with students about their self-regulation.
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
- Some sobering reading as the EEF publishes findings from longer-term NFER study on the impact of the pandemic on younger pupils’ attainment.
- Also from the EEF is this piece regarding foreign language learning and its impact on wider academic outcomes
- Jasmine Lane blogs brilliantly about that most emotive of subjects, behaviour management in this piece – ‘But they’re fine for me’: decoupling behaviour and teacher personality
- Adam Boxer had me scratching my head with this one – Shifting lines: does everything work somewhere?
- Coming from America is this blog from Blake Harvard – Improving multiple choice questions
- Tom Sherrington has also been blogging about questioning – Brilliant questioning sequences: some examples from the field.
- Jamie Clark produced a lovely one-pager summarising the original and best Making Every Lesson Count.
- Mike Hobbiss was on the TES blogging about cognitive load theory – Beyond CLT: the other ‘loads’ teachers need to know
- No round-up would be complete without an Inner Drive blog – How can you use feedback to enhance retrieval practice?
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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