This week, @NoraOswald provides some excellent classroom management advice in takeaway 1. I enjoyed reading through this short piece and…
Continue ReadingERRR #017. Adrian Simpson critiquing the meta-analysis
The ERRR podcast can also be listened to on Spotify, apple podcasts, and all other podcasting apps. Since its invention…
Continue ReadingTOT044: When an English teacher takes a standardised test, Rosenshine observations, + more Twitter Takeaways
We often criticise large scale tests, but how often do we actually sit down and take one of these tests…
Continue ReadingTOT043: Teacher burnout (and corners to cut), Basic Skills vs. Conceptual Understanding, + more Twitter Takeaways.
A real variety of content in TOT this week : ) One and two both follow the theme of teacher…
Continue ReadingTOT042: A summary video of effective study habits, what makes a good marking policy, + more Twitter takeaways
Takeaway 1 this week is a 20 minute video on how to study. This is a must-watch for any students…
Continue ReadingTOT041: Is self-explaining an effective study technique? What is learning? + more Twitter Takeaways
The first piece this week shares some really core findings from the research on self-explaining. I delved into this research…
Continue ReadingWhen the space, retrieve, interleave formula doesn’t work!
Those who’ve read about my 2017 teaching methods, or heard me talk about them on the Mr. Barton Maths Podcast,…
Continue ReadingERRR #016. Josh Cuevas on learning styles, dual coding, and independent silent reading
This ERRR first sets out to tackle the contentious issue of Learning Styles. Do they exist? Can we test for…
Continue ReadingTOT040: What’s a threshold concept, the diff between more and less successful learners, + more twitter takeaways
Wading through the world of twitter and academic articles was particularly enriching for me this week. First off, I learnt…
Continue ReadingTOT039: Mr Barton interviews me, reciprocal relationships between learning and justifying, + more Twitter Takeaways
This week’s TOT is Shorter on the links because I spent more time reading and summarising papers than I did…
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