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Explaining It to Yourself Out Loud
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The Complete Guide to Retrieval Practice
I was sitting in a CPD session last Tuesday—one of those sessions where the presenter uses words like ‘cognitive architecture’ while looking...
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Certainty Matters More Than Severity
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The Complete Guide to Reducing Marking
I remember sitting at my kitchen table in 2014, surrounded by three different piles of Year 9 essays, staring at a lukewarm...
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Restorative Practice Alongside Consequences
I’ve sat through enough expensive, glossy CPD sessions to know that most consultants treat “restorative practice” like it’s some sort of magical,...
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A Good Explanation Uses Two Examples and a Non-example
I remember standing at the front of a Year 9 classroom on a rainy Tuesday in November, clutching a beautifully designed PowerPoint...
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Same Hours, Spread Out, Better Results
I was sitting in a middle leadership meeting three years ago, staring at a shiny new “Learning Science” toolkit that promised to...
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Two Assessments With Different Jobs
I remember sitting in a windowless training room in 2012, watching a consultant in a slim-fit suit draw elaborate diagrams on a...
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Not Winning the Argument in Front of Everyone
I remember standing in the doorway of Room 4B on a Tuesday afternoon, the smell of damp coats and stale vending machine...
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Testing Yourself Beats Rereading Every Time
I remember sitting in a windowless professional development suite five years ago, nodding politely while a consultant in a slim-fit suit explained...
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