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Maths Anxiety
Do you avoid maths at all costs? How do you feel when working out your change, splitting a bill between friends, or helping with your child’s...
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Understanding what works in oral reading assessments
by Professors Christine Merrell and Peter Tymms Last week saw the publication of the new online and open-access report, Understanding What Works in...
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What’s in a name?
New research from CEM shows that the length of a child’s name is not predictive of future academic attainment. There are few who would dispute that...
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The big questions we should all be asking about practical science
By Dr Helen Cramman Science is not short of big questions to ask: How did the universe begin? How did life on earth begin? What makes us human? I...
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Helping teachers give every child the support they need
By Dr Christine Merrell It can be hard for even the best teachers to notice differences in the behaviour of one child in a busy primary classroom,...
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Classroom observation: it’s harder than you think
by Professor Robert Coe We’ve all done it: observed another teacher’s lesson and made a judgement about how effective the teaching was. Instinctively...
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Baseline assessment, to test, or not to test, that is the question…
To test, or not to test? That is the question which provokes one of the most keenly fought debates in education policy, and which can lead to soul...