Ollie LovellA bit of a behaviour management focus to this week’s TOT. T1 is a report from the UK’s Education Endowment…
Continue ReadingWhy teach? Building on Ben and Bernard.
“How do I know what I think until I see what I say” (attributed to E.M.Forster) I recently enjoyed reading…
Continue ReadingTOT083: Two excellent podcasts, moving beyond simplistic approaches to growth mindset, + more twitter takeaways
This week’s TOT begins with two fantastics podcast that are right up there with my fave podcasts of the year.…
Continue ReadingERRR #030. Neil Mercer on Interthinking and Group Work
In this wide ranging discussion Neil and I talk about the role of language in evolution, parallels between language and…
Continue ReadingTOT082: Goal free problems, improving worked examples, maths fluency + more Twitter Takeaways
A couple of cool themes in this week’s TOT The three articles linked to in T1 are all about ‘goal…
Continue ReadingTOT081: The impact of rewards, The power of interleaving, Leaders seeking consensus, + more Twitter Takeaways
I’ve often wondered about the impact of rewards on students. Do they help, or make them dependent and decrease intrinsic…
Continue ReadingTOT080: What is teaching for mastery? A new lesson observation form. Should teaching methods be prescribed? + more Twitter takeaways
Some real quality, and a bit of theme in this week’s TOT. At the outset though, I’m excited to have…
Continue ReadingTOT079: A functions menu, fostering student exam commitment, a culture of community, + more Twitter Takeaways
This week I managed to find a new time window in my days for reading edu-blogs, so there’s a cornucopia…
Continue ReadingResources to run a PD on ‘Hinge Questions’: Based on Dylan Wiliam’s ‘ACER Teacher’ podcast
Hinge Question: -A question that decides whether the students have understanding of the topic before you move on -A question…
Continue ReadingTOT078: Multi-choice for deeper understanding, Mario and Quadratics, Effective Prins, + more Twitter Takeaways
Some real gems for you in this TOT! T1 is a clever change that can be made to multi-choice questions…
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