Five formative assessment techniques
Hinge questions Closing the gap marking Lollipop stick questioning Increasing wait time Exit TicketsFive ways to improve professional development
Leverage observations/instructional coaching All teacher education should be practice based What does it take to make CPD effective? Why good professional development still fails? Practice-based teacher training: a framework for design and facilitationFive posts on the power of checklists
What makes checklists transformational? Checklist: First lesson with a new class Against checklists: the complexity, professionalism and creativity of teaching Checklists for students: efficiency, autonomy and excellence in the classroom Cut workload and reduce stress: checklistsFive policy problems
Mangling British history in pursuit of British values The Assessment Commission Report The Ofsted Report: What’s it like to be inspected as a teacher? Moneyball for schools: can we use data like the Oakland A’s? How can we preserve teacher wellbeing?Five posts on history teaching
What might mastery learning look like in history? Designing school history trips Unit planning in history teaching Student misconceptions in history lessons Helping students write better essaysFive ethical questions
What we talk about when we talk about learning? Who’s responsible for my students’ folders? Accepting failure: managing time better as a teacher Should teachers take the weekend off? The prevalence of cheating in schools Five posts which don’t fit the other categories but still seem important (Mind)-setting students up to succeed: Social-psychological interventions in the classroom Five psychological findings every teacher should know Education in Sweden: collapsing results Why teaching is a gamble What’s the point of education – an assembly
