The three types of mistake and how to use them in the classroom
When a child makes a mistake in my maths class, my typical response has usually been something along the lines of, “can you spot where you […]
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Do teachers get in the way?
In reality, at times, we probably do. Two days ago I tweeted a link to an MIT Tech Review article: Given Tablets but No Teachers, […]
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The Learning Journey
Along one of the walls in my classroom, is a long orange arrow; it’s my class’ learning journey. In The Perfect Ofsted Lesson, Jackie Beere […]
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Going ‘green’: rating your effort
During an AfL session on a recent CPD course, a simple idea was put to us. If you have an ‘in’ tray where children stick […]
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To score or not to score?
Last week, I went on the second part of a course at the National Science Learning Centre in York about extending gifted and more able […]
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