Dr James Shea
@englishspecial.bsky.social
Principal Lecturer Teacher Education | ITE UG & PG Portfolio Leader | Trustee The Pyramid Schools Trust | Author | Editor http://peerreviewededucationblog.com
It would be interesting to see the original version before tracked changes were accepted
September 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
It would be interesting to see the original version before tracked changes were accepted
Lower or upper sixth in key stage 5?
June 19, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Lower or upper sixth in key stage 5?
No evidence - subjective observations
June 13, 2025 at 6:40 AM
No evidence - subjective observations
I suppose some of my issues are around the nature of endless exam question practice and 'prediction' of questions. The purpose of the assessment is to test transfer - both near transfer and far. Treating it like a horse race means the focus isn't on life long transfer but more like gambling.
May 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I suppose some of my issues are around the nature of endless exam question practice and 'prediction' of questions. The purpose of the assessment is to test transfer - both near transfer and far. Treating it like a horse race means the focus isn't on life long transfer but more like gambling.
I suppose some of my issues are around the nature of endless exam question practice and 'prediction' of questions. The purpose of the assessment is to test transfer - both near transfer and far. Treating it like a horse race means the focus isn't on life long transfer but more like gambling.
May 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I suppose some of my issues are around the nature of endless exam question practice and 'prediction' of questions. The purpose of the assessment is to test transfer - both near transfer and far. Treating it like a horse race means the focus isn't on life long transfer but more like gambling.
Some very good points. It made me reflect on the National Curriculum documents and just how much we’ve moved away from them in search of positivist metrical outcomes.
April 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Some very good points. It made me reflect on the National Curriculum documents and just how much we’ve moved away from them in search of positivist metrical outcomes.
If you are trying to elicit the testing effect but then spend extra time every lesson reteaching then you wipe out the gained time. AFL is very good teaching but it’s not RP.
April 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
If you are trying to elicit the testing effect but then spend extra time every lesson reteaching then you wipe out the gained time. AFL is very good teaching but it’s not RP.