Sixth form teachers. Happened upon this lovely list of ideas and courses Y12 students could explore, to inform their choices and enhance UCAS applications. Please retweet if useful 🙂docs.google.com/document/d/1V9…

Collins have produced free flashcards for most GCSE subjects and exam boards: collins.co.uk/pages/revision…

They also have KS3 Flashcards too for some subjects 🙂collins.co.uk/pages/key-stag…

NEW! This week’s edition of ⚗️DistillED is Storytelling. It explores how story-driven explanations create a memorable structure that helps students look for cause and effect, connect ideas, and make meaning. Includes a helpful FREE planning resource. newsletter.jamieleeclark.com/p/storytelling

Confidence-weighted multiple-choice questions don’t just test knowledge; they also build metacognition. A smart tweak to boost learning. Read more: innerdrive.co.uk/blog/confidenc…

🚨I built my explicit instruction model for next year with help from my “Three Amigos” — Sweller, Rosenshine, and Ausubel. I walk through a lesson using the model, connect every move to the “amigos”, and share a toolbox teachers can use to do the same. 👇 open.substack.com/pub/solinthewi…

What are the pillars of Explicit Instruction? 1. Segment Complex Skills/Content 2. Drawing Student Attention to Key Features of Content via Modeling/Think-Alouds 3. Systematically Faded Supports 4. Opportunities to Respond/Receive Feedback 5. Purposeful Practice Opportunities

*NEW* Research round-up - August edition ⬇️

Dear School Year: A 10-Sentence Letter Challenge!

Not all wrong answers are equal. I used to think students just needed the right information to fix misconceptions but then I read the work of Michelene Chi🧵⬇️

The most important point this article makes is that the cut-off scores that determine services are arbitrary, and so it would be a mistake to assume kids above the cut off don’t need explicit instruction. Prevention vs reaction.

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This study outlines a critical paradox in learning: despite overwhelming evidence that practice testing enhances learning, students who need it most often use it the least. Despite the strong evidence for the benefits retrieval practice, many students, especially low-achieving

Dyscalculia: difficulty in understanding numbers. Dysgraphia: difficulty converting the sounds of language into written form. Dyspraxia: difficulty affecting physical co-ordination. Dyslexia: difficulty in learning to read or interpret words, letters and other symbols.

I’m not a high school teacher, so what do I know, but there are plenty of high schools in the UK that use mini whiteboards and other high ratio techniques, get great results, and yet I’m constantly told that high school students are a different breed and these methods won’t work.

Want your child to thrive? 🎓 Encourage Growth Mindset, set routines, and support learning at home. Read more: innerdrive.co.uk/blog/how-paren…

Don’t let neuromyths mislead your teaching. 🧠 Focus on real brain science for better results. Learn how: innerdrive.co.uk/blog/combat-ne…

Supporting Neurodivergent students in the Classroom - Heather Aird

Strategies to support Dyslexia - H. Aird