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- 5 Free Research Reads On… The Primary to Secondary School Transition – The Confident Teacher January 28, 2023
- The relationship between Progress 8 and inspection outcomes – Education Datalab blog January 27, 2023
- Has peak PISA passed? A look at the attention results from international assessments receive – Education Datalab blog January 27, 2023
- Could there be demand for more post-16 maths? – Education Datalab blog January 25, 2023
- Which subjects do high attaining pupils go on to study at Key Stage 5? – Education Datalab blog January 24, 2023
- The Problem with ‘Just Google It’ – The Confident Teacher January 22, 2023
- 5 Free Research Reads on…Teacher Professional Development – The Confident Teacher January 21, 2023
- 5 Free Research Reads On… Teaching Spelling – The Confident Teacher January 14, 2023
- What happens to permanently excluded pupils? – Education Datalab blog January 10, 2023
- 7 Helpful Vocabulary Websites – The Confident Teacher January 7, 2023
- The long(er)-term impact of long-term disadvantage at school – Education Datalab blog January 4, 2023
- Autumn term absence round-up – Education Datalab blog December 15, 2022
- How much does prior attainment in English and maths vary by Key Stage 5 subject choice? – Education Datalab blog December 7, 2022
- Weekday attendance analysis: a new report for schools – Education Datalab blog December 6, 2022
- Scurvy Seadogs and Using Research Evidence – The Confident Teacher December 3, 2022
- Previously outstanding secondary schools – Education Datalab blog November 22, 2022
- 10 Creative Ways to Teach Vocabulary – The Confident Teacher November 19, 2022
- Special schools and academisation – Education Datalab blog November 16, 2022
- Understanding what makes some schools stressful places to work – Education Datalab blog November 15, 2022
- A quick overview of FFT estimates for secondary schools – Education Datalab blog November 11, 2022
- A quick overview of FFT estimates for primary schools – Education Datalab blog November 11, 2022
- The relationship between schools’ Progress 8 scores and the number of qualifications their pupils enter – Education Datalab blog November 8, 2022
- The rise of STEAM – Education Datalab blog November 7, 2022
- The Problem with Teaching Sophisticated Vocabulary – The Confident Teacher November 5, 2022
- Ten things we’ve learned about teachers’ anxiety about work during the pandemic – Education Datalab blog November 3, 2022
- The relationship between month of birth, exclusions and identification of special educational needs – Education Datalab blog November 2, 2022
- Absence in the first half term of 2022/23 – Education Datalab blog November 1, 2022
- Schools Like Yours – Updated for 2022 – Education Datalab blog October 31, 2022
- Teacher-led vs student-led lesson activities – David Didau: The Learning Spy October 29, 2022
- Key Stage 4 2022: The national picture – Education Datalab blog October 20, 2022
- Key Stage 4 2022: The picture at school level – Education Datalab blog October 20, 2022
- What’s Progress 8 good for? Lower-attaining pupils – Education Datalab blog October 18, 2022
- Gapless instruction vs ‘teaching to the top’ – David Didau: The Learning Spy October 15, 2022
- The incidence of special educational needs since the introduction of the new Code of Practice – Education Datalab blog October 11, 2022
- Using mini whiteboards in English – David Didau: The Learning Spy October 9, 2022
- Implementing English: five useful teaching strategies – David Didau: The Learning Spy October 9, 2022
- Flat packed curriculum – David Didau: The Learning Spy September 25, 2022
- The rate at which pupils left the state-funded mainstream school sector fell during the pandemic (but not among pupils with EHC plans) – Education Datalab blog September 21, 2022
- To what extent is the KS2 disadvantage gap explained by pupil absence? – Education Datalab blog September 20, 2022
- Developing Skilled Readers (Knowledge + Strategy) – The Confident Teacher September 17, 2022
- Does writing *really* matter in art and design? – The Confident Teacher September 10, 2022
- Digging further into the Key Stage 2 attainment gap – Education Datalab blog September 8, 2022
- Why teaching academic vocabulary matters – The Confident Teacher September 3, 2022
- Key Stage 4 attainment in 2022: The headlines – Education Datalab blog September 2, 2022
- Independent schools might not have gamed the system but the grades they awarded in 2020 and 2021 were still unfair – Education Datalab blog August 30, 2022
- Why don’t more pupils study modern foreign languages at GCSE? – Education Datalab blog August 26, 2022
- Some more things we’ve learned about schools’ GCSE results – Education Datalab blog August 26, 2022
- GCSE Results 2022: What does the National Reference Test tell us about how achievement in maths and English over time? – Education Datalab blog August 25, 2022
- GCSE results 2022: The main trends in grades and entries – Education Datalab blog August 25, 2022
- Six things to look out for on GCSE results day – Education Datalab blog August 24, 2022
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Monthly Archives: March 2021
FIFA and Really Challenging GCSE Physics Calculations
Originally posted on e=mc2andallthat:
‘FIFA’ in this context has nothing to do with football; rather, it is a mnemonic that helps KS3 and KS4 students from across the attainment range engage productively with calculation questions. FIFA stands for:…
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How much school did Year 11 miss in the Autumn term? – Education Datalab blog
Disadvantaged pupils missed the equivalent of one day of school per week in the Autumn term 2020 Continued here: https://ift.tt/3d1pIzx
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Do primary schools close the attainment gap for disadvantaged pupils? – Education Datalab blog
The gap doesn’t appear to change much although it is inconclusive based on this evidence whether it widens slightly or narrows slightly. Continued here: https://ift.tt/3f217NP
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A reading curriculum: Gap-widening vs gap-narrowing – David Didau: The Learning Spy
The idea the education acts as a Matthew Effect that disproportionately benefits those who start with most is an uncomfortable but well-understood phenomenon. Everything we do in schools either… Continued here https://ift.tt/3lBu5p4
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The Coulomb Train Model Revisited (Part 3)
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This is part 3 of a continuing series (click to read part 1 and part 2). The Coulomb Train Model (CTM) is a helpful model for both explaining and predicting the behaviour of real…
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Do disadvantaged schools tend to be judged by Ofsted more highly for leadership and management than for overall effectiveness? – Education Datalab blog
Yes, but…. Continued here: https://ift.tt/30U6DtI
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How is school accountability linked to teacher stress? – Education Datalab blog
England’s school system has a high level of accountability – and a high level of accountability-related stress Continued here: https://ift.tt/38SzCCv
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The risk of experiencing custody aged 16-18 – Education Datalab blog
A look at the characteristics of young people who experience custody aged 16 to 18 Continued here: https://ift.tt/3ttnhMR
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Has a GCSE grade C/4 lost its value? – Education Datalab blog
Can PISA tell us anything about grade inflation at GCSE? Continued here: https://ift.tt/30HGEFw
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The Coulomb Train Revisited (Part 2)
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The Coulomb Train Model (CTM) is a helpful model for both explaining and predicting the behaviour of real electric circuits which I think is suitable for use with KS3 and KS4 students (that’s 11-16…
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