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Trusted by 20+ million people 💥
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A brilliant day at Hertfordshire Zoo 🦓
Education officers in zoos ALL across the UK 🇬🇧 are very keen for schools and teachers to connect; bring students into their education facilities.
A privilege to share teaching insights this morning…
#TTkitCPD #GuideToQuestioning #BIAZA
Education officers in zoos ALL across the UK 🇬🇧 are very keen for schools and teachers to connect; bring students into their education facilities.
A privilege to share teaching insights this morning…
#TTkitCPD #GuideToQuestioning #BIAZA
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A brilliant day at Hertfordshire Zoo 🦓
Education officers in zoos ALL across the UK 🇬🇧 are very keen for schools and teachers to connect; bring students into their education facilities.
A privilege to share teaching insights this morning…
#TTkitCPD #GuideToQuestioning #BIAZA
Education officers in zoos ALL across the UK 🇬🇧 are very keen for schools and teachers to connect; bring students into their education facilities.
A privilege to share teaching insights this morning…
#TTkitCPD #GuideToQuestioning #BIAZA
🗣️ The right question can change everything, BUT
Many behaviours can interfere with student learning!
Learn more bit.ly/3JRICxr
📖 Research-backed.
✅ Practical
💥 Essential
#GuideToQuestioning.
Many behaviours can interfere with student learning!
Learn more bit.ly/3JRICxr
📖 Research-backed.
✅ Practical
💥 Essential
#GuideToQuestioning.
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
🗣️ The right question can change everything, BUT
Many behaviours can interfere with student learning!
Learn more bit.ly/3JRICxr
📖 Research-backed.
✅ Practical
💥 Essential
#GuideToQuestioning.
Many behaviours can interfere with student learning!
Learn more bit.ly/3JRICxr
📖 Research-backed.
✅ Practical
💥 Essential
#GuideToQuestioning.
Drawing on the latest findings from fMRI studies and working memory research, and on over a decade of experience translating evidence into school settings, the book will provide practical strategies to support teachers.
Submit your views bit.ly/49lR8PN
Submit your views bit.ly/49lR8PN
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Drawing on the latest findings from fMRI studies and working memory research, and on over a decade of experience translating evidence into school settings, the book will provide practical strategies to support teachers.
Submit your views bit.ly/49lR8PN
Submit your views bit.ly/49lR8PN
"One of the most robust learning strategies, SPACED PRACTICE, shows no association with school achievement, which calls into question how learning is assessed in schools" (Ruiz-Martin et al., 2024)
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bit.ly/4kvUn93
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"One of the most robust learning strategies, SPACED PRACTICE, shows no association with school achievement, which calls into question how learning is assessed in schools" (Ruiz-Martin et al., 2024)
bit.ly/4kvUn93
bit.ly/4kvUn93
The research study analysed 153 classroom layouts across 27 primary schools (n = 3,766) and found a measurable impact on academic outcomes.
These seven factors explained 16% of the variation in progress—equal to nearly a full term of extra learning!
😮 bit.ly/3XbOCnB
These seven factors explained 16% of the variation in progress—equal to nearly a full term of extra learning!
😮 bit.ly/3XbOCnB
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 AM
The research study analysed 153 classroom layouts across 27 primary schools (n = 3,766) and found a measurable impact on academic outcomes.
These seven factors explained 16% of the variation in progress—equal to nearly a full term of extra learning!
😮 bit.ly/3XbOCnB
These seven factors explained 16% of the variation in progress—equal to nearly a full term of extra learning!
😮 bit.ly/3XbOCnB
🚀 NEW BLOG
🤔 Why are disengaged white working‑class pupils disengaged in our secondary schools?
🟢 bit.ly/47PHPFh
🗣️ This research reveals that disengaged white working‑class students start secondary school already switched off!
🤔 Why are disengaged white working‑class pupils disengaged in our secondary schools?
🟢 bit.ly/47PHPFh
🗣️ This research reveals that disengaged white working‑class students start secondary school already switched off!
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🚀 NEW BLOG
🤔 Why are disengaged white working‑class pupils disengaged in our secondary schools?
🟢 bit.ly/47PHPFh
🗣️ This research reveals that disengaged white working‑class students start secondary school already switched off!
🤔 Why are disengaged white working‑class pupils disengaged in our secondary schools?
🟢 bit.ly/47PHPFh
🗣️ This research reveals that disengaged white working‑class students start secondary school already switched off!
There is no such thing as a “good” or “bad” school—just more or less effective classrooms. bit.ly/4hJAStL
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
There is no such thing as a “good” or “bad” school—just more or less effective classrooms. bit.ly/4hJAStL
Why do some students develop anxiety when learning maths?
These fMRI scans could help teachers to understand...
The effect of anxiety on mathematical thinking (Atabek et al., 2022)
bit.ly/4nFB3rm
These fMRI scans could help teachers to understand...
The effect of anxiety on mathematical thinking (Atabek et al., 2022)
bit.ly/4nFB3rm
November 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Why do some students develop anxiety when learning maths?
These fMRI scans could help teachers to understand...
The effect of anxiety on mathematical thinking (Atabek et al., 2022)
bit.ly/4nFB3rm
These fMRI scans could help teachers to understand...
The effect of anxiety on mathematical thinking (Atabek et al., 2022)
bit.ly/4nFB3rm
Integrating the most recent discoveries from fMRI research, working memory studies, and over ten years of expertise in transforming evidence into educational practice, this book offers actionable strategies to support teachers.
Add your views now 🟢 bit.ly/4qAbXwO
Add your views now 🟢 bit.ly/4qAbXwO
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Integrating the most recent discoveries from fMRI research, working memory studies, and over ten years of expertise in transforming evidence into educational practice, this book offers actionable strategies to support teachers.
Add your views now 🟢 bit.ly/4qAbXwO
Add your views now 🟢 bit.ly/4qAbXwO
Modelling the learning process is a highly-effective strategy for teachers to use.
Do you have more than two or three techniques?
#MarkPlanTeach
Do you have more than two or three techniques?
#MarkPlanTeach
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Modelling the learning process is a highly-effective strategy for teachers to use.
Do you have more than two or three techniques?
#MarkPlanTeach
Do you have more than two or three techniques?
#MarkPlanTeach
NEW 🚀
Does classroom design really improve behaviour for learning?
This unique research study from UK schools suggests a 16% increase in student outcomes!
💥 bit.ly/3XbOCnB
Does classroom design really improve behaviour for learning?
This unique research study from UK schools suggests a 16% increase in student outcomes!
💥 bit.ly/3XbOCnB
November 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
NEW 🚀
Does classroom design really improve behaviour for learning?
This unique research study from UK schools suggests a 16% increase in student outcomes!
💥 bit.ly/3XbOCnB
Does classroom design really improve behaviour for learning?
This unique research study from UK schools suggests a 16% increase in student outcomes!
💥 bit.ly/3XbOCnB
How do your lessons get off to a flying start?
Rather than bogged down by lateness, or handing out equipment...
#MarkPlanTeach
Rather than bogged down by lateness, or handing out equipment...
#MarkPlanTeach
November 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
How do your lessons get off to a flying start?
Rather than bogged down by lateness, or handing out equipment...
#MarkPlanTeach
Rather than bogged down by lateness, or handing out equipment...
#MarkPlanTeach
AI and Working Memory in Classrooms
bit.ly/4hjOfAL
Positioning AI as a scaffold rather than a surrogate offers a tractable route to convert short-term performance gains into durable learning and transfer (Akar, 2025)
#AIinEd #AIeducation
bit.ly/4hjOfAL
Positioning AI as a scaffold rather than a surrogate offers a tractable route to convert short-term performance gains into durable learning and transfer (Akar, 2025)
#AIinEd #AIeducation
November 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
AI and Working Memory in Classrooms
bit.ly/4hjOfAL
Positioning AI as a scaffold rather than a surrogate offers a tractable route to convert short-term performance gains into durable learning and transfer (Akar, 2025)
#AIinEd #AIeducation
bit.ly/4hjOfAL
Positioning AI as a scaffold rather than a surrogate offers a tractable route to convert short-term performance gains into durable learning and transfer (Akar, 2025)
#AIinEd #AIeducation
October 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Further evidence of using neuroimaging to inform teaching can be found in tracking real-world Interactions in the classroom.
If brain activity is synchronised across students, can it predict class engagement and social dynamics?
#GuideToLearning
If brain activity is synchronised across students, can it predict class engagement and social dynamics?
#GuideToLearning
October 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Further evidence of using neuroimaging to inform teaching can be found in tracking real-world Interactions in the classroom.
If brain activity is synchronised across students, can it predict class engagement and social dynamics?
#GuideToLearning
If brain activity is synchronised across students, can it predict class engagement and social dynamics?
#GuideToLearning
Planning your next INSET day? 🤔
Listen to what these teachers say... bit.ly/4qzpaGi
💡 Learn more bit.ly/49niRzh
Listen to what these teachers say... bit.ly/4qzpaGi
💡 Learn more bit.ly/49niRzh
October 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Planning your next INSET day? 🤔
Listen to what these teachers say... bit.ly/4qzpaGi
💡 Learn more bit.ly/49niRzh
Listen to what these teachers say... bit.ly/4qzpaGi
💡 Learn more bit.ly/49niRzh
What happens in the brain when a teacher provides an explanation, an interaction or a group discussion?
MRI: Zhang et al (2025) suggest that teacher-student and peer interactions were more effective than traditional lecture-based instruction.
#GuideToLearning #AmWriting
MRI: Zhang et al (2025) suggest that teacher-student and peer interactions were more effective than traditional lecture-based instruction.
#GuideToLearning #AmWriting
October 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
What happens in the brain when a teacher provides an explanation, an interaction or a group discussion?
MRI: Zhang et al (2025) suggest that teacher-student and peer interactions were more effective than traditional lecture-based instruction.
#GuideToLearning #AmWriting
MRI: Zhang et al (2025) suggest that teacher-student and peer interactions were more effective than traditional lecture-based instruction.
#GuideToLearning #AmWriting
🚀 This NEW resource helps teachers embed retrieval practice with intention — not just repetition – helping students become better learners by making thinking visible and recall habitual.
🟢 The 5-Minute Retrieval Plan - considers format, task and timing.
bit.ly/4oJUYXm
🟢 The 5-Minute Retrieval Plan - considers format, task and timing.
bit.ly/4oJUYXm
October 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
🚀 This NEW resource helps teachers embed retrieval practice with intention — not just repetition – helping students become better learners by making thinking visible and recall habitual.
🟢 The 5-Minute Retrieval Plan - considers format, task and timing.
bit.ly/4oJUYXm
🟢 The 5-Minute Retrieval Plan - considers format, task and timing.
bit.ly/4oJUYXm
A fabulous day at Capital City College Group in London today.
Thank you 🙏 to all teaching staff, and to Assistant Principal, Puneet Dhaliwal for this short video …
#GuideToMemory 🧠
👉🏽 teachertoolkit.co.uk/training/
Thank you 🙏 to all teaching staff, and to Assistant Principal, Puneet Dhaliwal for this short video …
#GuideToMemory 🧠
👉🏽 teachertoolkit.co.uk/training/
October 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A fabulous day at Capital City College Group in London today.
Thank you 🙏 to all teaching staff, and to Assistant Principal, Puneet Dhaliwal for this short video …
#GuideToMemory 🧠
👉🏽 teachertoolkit.co.uk/training/
Thank you 🙏 to all teaching staff, and to Assistant Principal, Puneet Dhaliwal for this short video …
#GuideToMemory 🧠
👉🏽 teachertoolkit.co.uk/training/
How does the brain respond to an increase in working memory?
These MRI scans help to better understand the long-term memory retrieval process in the human brain.
bit.ly/49imOFn
#GuideToLearning
How far away are we from this data influencing the classroom, and our strategies?
Working on it...
These MRI scans help to better understand the long-term memory retrieval process in the human brain.
bit.ly/49imOFn
#GuideToLearning
How far away are we from this data influencing the classroom, and our strategies?
Working on it...
October 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
How does the brain respond to an increase in working memory?
These MRI scans help to better understand the long-term memory retrieval process in the human brain.
bit.ly/49imOFn
#GuideToLearning
How far away are we from this data influencing the classroom, and our strategies?
Working on it...
These MRI scans help to better understand the long-term memory retrieval process in the human brain.
bit.ly/49imOFn
#GuideToLearning
How far away are we from this data influencing the classroom, and our strategies?
Working on it...
This research considers the impact of classroom design on learning,.
Gathering data from 3,766 pupils, researchers suggest "There is no such thing here as a “good” or “bad” school, but there are very clearly more and less effective classrooms" (Barrett et al., 2015).
bit.ly/4ovFJkv
Gathering data from 3,766 pupils, researchers suggest "There is no such thing here as a “good” or “bad” school, but there are very clearly more and less effective classrooms" (Barrett et al., 2015).
bit.ly/4ovFJkv
October 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This research considers the impact of classroom design on learning,.
Gathering data from 3,766 pupils, researchers suggest "There is no such thing here as a “good” or “bad” school, but there are very clearly more and less effective classrooms" (Barrett et al., 2015).
bit.ly/4ovFJkv
Gathering data from 3,766 pupils, researchers suggest "There is no such thing here as a “good” or “bad” school, but there are very clearly more and less effective classrooms" (Barrett et al., 2015).
bit.ly/4ovFJkv
What are the benefits of a student using No Opt Out in response to a teacher's question?
Quite a lot, actually!
Encourage Students To Use 'No Opt Out' During Questioning! bit.ly/3KYWSV8
Quite a lot, actually!
Encourage Students To Use 'No Opt Out' During Questioning! bit.ly/3KYWSV8
October 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
What are the benefits of a student using No Opt Out in response to a teacher's question?
Quite a lot, actually!
Encourage Students To Use 'No Opt Out' During Questioning! bit.ly/3KYWSV8
Quite a lot, actually!
Encourage Students To Use 'No Opt Out' During Questioning! bit.ly/3KYWSV8
Headteachers in deprived communities feeling isolated, swamped by safeguarding, and squeezed by funding constraints (Perry et al, 2025).
This graphic illustrates whether inspections provide an accurate picture of a school.
bit.ly/4nw6a9P
This graphic illustrates whether inspections provide an accurate picture of a school.
bit.ly/4nw6a9P
October 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Headteachers in deprived communities feeling isolated, swamped by safeguarding, and squeezed by funding constraints (Perry et al, 2025).
This graphic illustrates whether inspections provide an accurate picture of a school.
bit.ly/4nw6a9P
This graphic illustrates whether inspections provide an accurate picture of a school.
bit.ly/4nw6a9P
Interested in FE?
This paper, published - Powerful Pedagogy: Effective Practice – conducted interviews in sixth forms, colleges, and adult learning.
Exploring metacognition bit.ly/42quAZO
This paper, published - Powerful Pedagogy: Effective Practice – conducted interviews in sixth forms, colleges, and adult learning.
Exploring metacognition bit.ly/42quAZO
October 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Interested in FE?
This paper, published - Powerful Pedagogy: Effective Practice – conducted interviews in sixth forms, colleges, and adult learning.
Exploring metacognition bit.ly/42quAZO
This paper, published - Powerful Pedagogy: Effective Practice – conducted interviews in sixth forms, colleges, and adult learning.
Exploring metacognition bit.ly/42quAZO
🤔 Are UK school leaders burning out faster than ever before?
This graphic shows how UK school leaders spend their time (Perry et al, 2025)
bit.ly/3Kscr7H
This graphic shows how UK school leaders spend their time (Perry et al, 2025)
bit.ly/3Kscr7H
October 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🤔 Are UK school leaders burning out faster than ever before?
This graphic shows how UK school leaders spend their time (Perry et al, 2025)
bit.ly/3Kscr7H
This graphic shows how UK school leaders spend their time (Perry et al, 2025)
bit.ly/3Kscr7H