Studying
27 August 20261 min read
Helping students manage exam anxiety
Some nervousness before an exam is useful, because it sharpens attention. Anxiety becomes a problem when it consumes the working memory the exam requires, so…
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Studying
27 August 20261 min read
Evidence-based study techniques: spacing and retrieval
Most students study by re-reading. It feels productive, because familiar text is easy to read, and that ease is mistaken for knowing. Two techniques…
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27 August 20261 min read
Why formative assessments improve learning
There are two reasons to test a student. One is to record what they know at the end. The other is to find out what they do not know while there is still time…
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27 August 20261 min read
Differentiated instruction for mixed-ability classes
Differentiation has a reputation for being impossible: forty children, forty plans. That version genuinely is impossible, and it is not what differentiation…
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27 August 20261 min read
Building a positive classroom environment
A positive classroom is often described as a warm one. Warmth matters, but it is not the mechanism. What actually changes behaviour is predictability : a child…
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27 August 20262 min read
Active learning strategies for young children
A young child listening to an explanation is doing one thing: listening. A young child sorting objects into groups while explaining why is doing four things at…
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