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- The overlap between social care, special educational needs and alternative provision: Part two – Education Datalab blog June 15, 2021
- The overlap between social care, special educational needs and alternative provision: Part one – Education Datalab blog June 15, 2021
- From the Earth to the Sun in 270 BC June 13, 2021
- Covid catch up funding – a tutor’s perspective June 7, 2021
- Critical thinking- the come-back continues (?) June 4, 2021
- From the Earth to the Moon in 270 BC May 31, 2021
- Schools and the Tyranny of Merit – David Didau: The Learning Spy May 27, 2021
- Measuring the radius of the Earth in 240 BC May 23, 2021
- The problem with ‘it makes the reader want to read on’ – David Didau: The Learning Spy May 23, 2021
- Binding energy: the pool table analogy May 16, 2021
- Attendance in primary schools before and after the last lockdown – Education Datalab blog May 13, 2021
- Visualising How Transformers Work May 10, 2021
- Three Pillars of Vocabulary Teaching – The Confident Teacher May 8, 2021
- Have disadvantaged pupils fallen further behind during the pandemic? – Education Datalab blog May 7, 2021
- Benchmarking GCSE results using historical data – Education Datalab blog May 4, 2021
- A Gnome-inal Value for ‘g’ May 3, 2021
- 13 insights into teacher wellbeing and mental health – Education Datalab blog April 30, 2021
- IntoUniversity evaluation report – Education Datalab blog April 29, 2021
- PISA 2018: How representative is the data for England and Wales? – Education Datalab blog April 22, 2021
- PISA 2018: Did certain schools select out of the study in England and Northern Ireland? – Education Datalab blog April 22, 2021
- PISA 2018 in Scotland: It’s all a bit of a mess – Education Datalab blog April 22, 2021
- Nature Abhors A Change In Flux April 18, 2021
- The ‘Language Leap’ at Transition – The Confident Teacher April 17, 2021
- The Coulomb Train Model Revisited (Part 5) April 11, 2021
- Does reading *really* matter in mathematics? – The Confident Teacher April 10, 2021
- KS3 Curriculum Conversations April 8, 2021
- The Coulomb Train Model Revisited (Part 4) April 3, 2021
- FIFA and Really Challenging GCSE Physics Calculations March 28, 2021
- How much school did Year 11 miss in the Autumn term? – Education Datalab blog March 23, 2021
- Do primary schools close the attainment gap for disadvantaged pupils? – Education Datalab blog March 22, 2021
- A reading curriculum: Gap-widening vs gap-narrowing – David Didau: The Learning Spy March 21, 2021
- The Coulomb Train Model Revisited (Part 3) March 20, 2021
- Do disadvantaged schools tend to be judged by Ofsted more highly for leadership and management than for overall effectiveness? – Education Datalab blog March 19, 2021
- How is school accountability linked to teacher stress? – Education Datalab blog March 18, 2021
- The risk of experiencing custody aged 16-18 – Education Datalab blog March 17, 2021
- Has a GCSE grade C/4 lost its value? – Education Datalab blog March 15, 2021
- The Coulomb Train Revisited (Part 2) March 14, 2021
- Report – All models are wrong, some of these might be useful – Education Datalab blog March 10, 2021
- The Coulomb Train Model Revisited (Part 1) March 10, 2021
- Teaching Newton’s Third Law March 7, 2021
- The Magic of the Classroom – The Confident Teacher March 6, 2021
- How should writing fit into the English curriculum? – David Didau: The Learning Spy March 3, 2021
- What are the most popular subject combinations at A-Level? – Education Datalab blog March 2, 2021
- Chime! February 21, 2021
- Are low expectations holding back disadvantaged pupils in the north? – Education Datalab blog February 17, 2021
- Making Meaning in English: An exploration of the role of knowledge in language and literature – David Didau: The Learning Spy February 9, 2021
- Reforming GCSE English literature and language – David Didau: The Learning Spy February 8, 2021
- Making Meaning in English: Book launch – David Didau: The Learning Spy January 31, 2021
- Brass Tacks January 26, 2021
- The impact of being long-term disadvantaged at KS2 and KS4 – Education Datalab blog January 25, 2021
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Monthly Archives: May 2021
From the Earth to the Moon in 270 BC
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The brain is wider than the sky, For, put them side by side, The one the other will include With ease, and you beside. Emily Dickinson How did human beings first work out the…
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Schools and the Tyranny of Merit – David Didau: The Learning Spy
One of the books I read last year that has most stayed with me is Michael Sandel’s The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good? In it, Sandel argues that meritocracy is inherently harmful… Continued here https://ift.tt/3uqdjMf
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Measuring the radius of the Earth in 240 BC
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The brain is wider than the sky, For, put them side by side, The one the other will include With ease, and you beside. Emily Dickinson, ‘The Brain’ Most science teachers find that ‘Space’…
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The problem with ‘it makes the reader want to read on’ – David Didau: The Learning Spy
One of the most common and irritating of responses to be found strewn through students’ literary or linguistic analysis is that a writer will have a made of particular choice in order to ‘make the… Continued here https://ift.tt/2ShISdV
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Binding energy: the pool table analogy
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Nuclear binding energy and binding energy per nucleon are difficult concepts for A-level physics students to grasp. I have found the ‘pool table analogy’ that follows helpful for students to wrap their heads around…
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Attendance in primary schools before and after the last lockdown – Education Datalab blog
Disadvantaged pupils in primary schools appear to have missed 50% more sessions than other pupils during the Autumn Term Continued here: https://ift.tt/2RQ6Zjy
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Visualising How Transformers Work
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‘Transformers’ is one of the trickier topics to teach for GCSE Physics and GCSE Combined Science. I am not going to dive into the scientific principles underlying electromagnetic induction here (although you could read…
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Three Pillars of Vocabulary Teaching – The Confident Teacher
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that vocabulary knowledge is crucial for pupils’ school success. Pupils are language sponges, learning thousands of words each year. Like increases in a… Continued here: https://ift.tt/3vIvZYS
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Have disadvantaged pupils fallen further behind during the pandemic? – Education Datalab blog
Read the headline findings from an ongoing study exploring the effects of COVID on the attainment gap Continued here: https://ift.tt/2RxMxE2
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Benchmarking GCSE results using historical data – Education Datalab blog
Some thoughts about benchmarking 2021 teacher assessed grades against historical GCSE results Continued here: https://ift.tt/3vCW1N4
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