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Lose the laptops; add Cornell Notes. My students learn so much faster because Cornell notes make reviews and repetition part of the lesson, and make studying after the lesson much more efficient. This means we also free up instructional days so we can learn more over the

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Dylan Wiliam calls Cognitive Load Theory “the single most important thing for teachers to know.” This guide summarises core CLT ideas and highlights six high-impact strategies for reducing overload. It focuses on the classroom levers teachers can pull right away. CLT goes much

Evidence-informed summaries — distilled into clear, practical one-pagers for busy teachers. New guides, important ideas, and more coming soon. Check them out. Or don’t. Up to you. 👇 newsletter.jamieleeclark.com/distilled-hub

✅ITT/ECT Professional Develoment ✅Avoiding Lethal Mutations 🦠 ✅More Effective Retrieval Practice 🧠 ✅Shallow Retrieval = Shallow Knowledge 🤔

12 Recall 🧠 Techniques Doing any of these techniques over time, and revisiting the material helps to embed the learning. bit.ly/44sCvXq

Think-Pair-Share has the widest gap between success and failure in the classroom. With clear prompts, tight timing, and real accountability, it’s a powerhouse for thinking. Toss it in without intentional design and it collapses into noise. With TPS, intentionality is everything.

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Trialled this last week and I think there will be a lot of ‘visual mapping’ in the crawl to the finish line. Applicable to all Key Stages, initial connection of knowledge to the icons, push to discuss how they link and then explanation questions to finish. #historyteacher

When students articulate ideas clearly, understanding deepens 🎓 This guide breaks down how to build oracy in your classroom. innerdrive.co.uk/guides/oracy-f…

📉 Too much info at once = overload. This blog breaks down practical classroom tweaks that help students think more and overload less. Read here: innerdrive.co.uk/blog/cognitive…

“The key to improving student behaviour is helping them succeed through clear, explicit instruction.” This with very deliberate procedures and routines has transformed my student’s behavior. They know exactly what to do and how to do it each day to learn. Success —> motivation.

ICYMI - Here's a link to my webinar for teachers focusing on Questioning in the classroom. Feel free to share with your colleagues & repost. I hope it's useful! youtu.be/GRS09MgUbTs?si…

Teaching is fundamentally upside-down. Ensuring *everyone* succeeds should be the foundation - but it's not! Make this a focus! ALL means ALL teacherhead.com/2025/10/28/tea… via Tom Sherrington

4 QUESTIONING & FEEDBACK ONE-PAGE GUIDES… 📊 Whole Class Feedback → respond to misconceptions without marking overload 💬 Peer Feedback → structured, kind, specific, helpful talk. 🚦Hinge Questions → check understanding at pivotal moments to inform next steps. 🙋‍♂️

"I’m always arguing for rigor for everyone – in the context of each child’s zone of proximal development. This infographic does a fantastic job of operationalizing scaffolding." —Leader Tracy Matthews (Via InnerDrive)

The complete ⚗️DistillED series on Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction — 10 editions filled with practical insights, tools, and resources for evidence-informed teaching. Please share with colleagues and fellow educators in your network. Enjoy! 1. Daily Review

By popular demand, here is the fifth in the series of infographics produced by Grace Hudson, summarising key themes from my book, Power Up Your Questioning: amzn.eu/d/0e781fyt Downloadable versions available to Teaching PowerUps member schools: teachingpowerups.com

It's common to ask a lot of "whats" when analyzing data, but it's also important to ask "whys." Share this "Ladder of Inference" workbook with your team, via Search Institute: d2pck61xhq74q6.cloudfront.net/The-Ladder-of-…