It’s common to ask pupils what they think about their teaching and life in school, but leaders aren’t always making the most of this information, writes Mark Enser

The Testing Effect enhances long-term retention through retrieval practice, not frequent testing. Completing more tests doesn’t mean you’ll get the testing effect.

A system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets

Teachers should think a little more like Sherlock Holmes in their classroom to improve attention and learning.

Year after the year, the same pressures attend exam revision. Each year teachers try the old favourites, alongside a few new revision strategies to keep our students interested. Happily, we now have a...

How does the classroom seating arrangement impact student behavior?

Professional development is the strongest lever school leaders hold for increasing long-term student outcomes.

Assessment insights for schools. Click to read 100% Assessment, a Substack publication. Launched an hour ago.

I had hoped to see out my life in education without having to write about artificial intelligence (AI). I guess it was never very likely. It would seem that AI is suddenly everywhere. Or if not act…

Should we dedicate curriculum time specifically to metacognition?

This OA book proposes a way forward to effectively teach knowledge and complex cognitive skills in school and achieve equitable opportunities.

I’ve had the genuine pleasure of marking ITT assignments for a couple of years now and am currently studying myself, so am in the position to be both giving and receiving regular feedback at Master’s level. As such, I see a lot of common mistakes made by ITT students whilst writing their assignments – and probably make many myself too. With the aim of helping those about to undertake an ITT in the new academic year, I have put together some ideas based on my experiences to act as a guide. Don’t

Well, in the classroom at least

An exit ticket is a short task which shows how well all students have understood the lesson’s key ideas.  Exit tickets are simple but powerful: designing and using them can help us refin…