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Checking for Understanding Without Creating Mountains of Marking
Checking for understanding is an essential aspect of teaching. You need to check that your students have understood what you taught them. It’s how you know what to do next. However, if you are like...
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How To Make Writing Report Cards Easier
There is so much to do at the start of the school year. Yet, there is one thing many teachers overlook and it is something that will save you a lot of work later on. I’m talking about report cards!...
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10 Things Every Teacher Should Know Before Starting Their First Day In The...
Are you a new teacher? Do you know a new teacher, or do you have new teachers on your staff this year? If so, I think you’ll find this valuable. It is my list of the top 10 things I believe every new...
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Hattie Effect Size 2016 Update
You have probably heard about John Hattie. Specifically, you may have heard about his research on the factors that affect student achievement. Hattie uses effect sizes to show the relative impact of...
View ArticleTeacher Credibility: Why It Matters & How To Build It
When your students view you as a credible teacher, they are more likely to do well in school. According to John Hattie’s latest results (2016), teacher credibility has a massive impact (d = 0.9) on the...
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Know Thy Impact
One of the most potent things a teacher can do to improve student learning is to monitor the progress of each of their students, and to adjust their teaching accordingly – or, in John Hattie’s words,...
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Emotionally Intelligent Teaching
Students are emotionally driven beings. Thanks to ongoing psychological research, we now know a lot about how our emotions work. Emotionally intelligent teaching involves you using this insight in...
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Teacher Clarity: A Potent Yet Misunderstood & Often Abused Teaching Strategy
Teacher clarity is critical. Eminent educators, Dylan Wiliam and John Hattie agree that you must be very clear about what you want your students to learn. You need to know exactly what you want them to...
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How To Successfully Teach For Deep Understanding: The Missing Step
Do you want to help your students to develop a deep understanding of the material you are teaching? It is a noble intention. Yet, many teachers fail to do so. This is not from a lack of trying....
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5 Steps Towards Embracing Evidence Based Teaching
What is evidence based teaching? What does evidence based teaching involve? Why should you embrace it? I answer such questions below. You must be willing to challenge and sometimes change your beliefs...
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Neuromyths & Conceptual Change
Teachers are always thinking about things they can do to have more of an impact on their students. One popular idea involves matching your style of teaching to different students’ learning styles....
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Your Time Matters! Join the #MyTimeMatters Challenge
Do you have more things to do than time allows? Take up the #MyTimeMatters challenge. Excessive teacher workloads are a real issue. Yet, I don’t believe that the system will ever change. There will...
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Hattie’s 2017 Updated List of Factors Influencing Student Achievement
In this article, you will find Hattie’s 2017 updated list of factors influencing student achievement. In 2017, Visible Learning Plus published an updated list of factors that impact on student...
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Teaching for Conceptual Change: Fractions
Teaching fractions is critical. Mastery of fractions is one of the strongest predictors of success in high-school mathematics and helps in areas such as algebra. Yet, students often struggle to master...
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