High-Impact Instruction
I have just finished reading High-Impact Instruction by Jim Knight. I received this book as part of the Instructional Coaching Institute...
How I Teach - Dan Rodriguez-Clark
In this post I am going to share some of the ideas I use in my day to day lessons. These aren't lessons that I have prepared specifically...
50 Great Activities For Any Classroom
A few years ago I wrote a book on activities to use in the classroom. I have run an INSET on this theme several times since being at...
Making Every Lesson Count
This post is a summary of the book Making Every Lesson Count by Shaun Allison and Andy Tharby. The book aims to provide a set of...
10 Silver Arrows
Silver Arrows? It’s very hard to change your practice. We’re all so busy, very often it is difficult to create space to fully explore a...
Cognitive Load Theory: Research that teachers really need to understand
Article: Cognitive Load Theory: Research that teachers really need to understand Author: Centre for Education Statistics an Evaluation,...
Process Worksheets
My comfort zone in the classroom as a teacher is teaching the same way I was taught. I teach Mathematics, and the way I had it when I...
Strengthening the Student Toolbox
Article: Strengthening the Student Toolbox Author: John Dunlosky "…students believe these relatively ineffective strategies are actually...
Things I Wish I Had Known before now...
With the research I have been doing lately I have come across many things that seem like they should be at the very heart of teacher...
Critical Thinking: Why Is It So Hard to Teach?
Article: Critical Thinking: Why Is It So Hard to Teach? Author: Daniel T. Willingham "Students can learn certain metacognitive strategies...