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By Andy Tharby Over the past three years, many teachers, departments and schools have wholeheartedly adopted the evidence that supports ‘retrieval practice’. Put simply, retrieval practice involves diving into your memory to recall information that you have previously learnt – … Continue reading →

“A threshold concept can be considered as akin to a portal, opening up a new and previously inaccessible way of thinking about something. It represents a transformed way of understanding, or interpreting, or viewing something without which the learner cannot … Continue reading →

As now is the time when schools are thinking about their CPD offer for next year, we wanted to let you know about the training we are offering for 2019-20 as a Research School.  We have focused on topics that … Continue reading →

The EEF’s most recent Guidance Report on Improving Literacy in Secondary School examines the research on how to best support students who struggle to read, write and communicate to the required demands at secondary school. The report provides 7 detailed … Continue reading →

The Education Endowment Foundation offers a very insightful guide into how schools can put evidence into practice. This can be found here. The EEF state that schools are learning organisations. They continuously strive to do better for the children and … Continue reading →

Regular readers of ClassTeaching will know that we also lead the Durrington Research School.  As now is the time when schools are thinking about their CPD offer for next year, we wanted to let you know about the training programmes … Continue reading →