Feedback seems extremely powerful. It is 'among the most common features of successful teaching and learning' with an average effect size of 0.79, 'twice th...
The issue that teachers face
Questions are an integral part of classroom life and essential to every teacher’s pedagogical repertoire. They are also one of the...
One of the proposals in the Department for Education’s (DfE) recent consultation on primary assessment is to introduce a school-entry assessment to act as a bas...
The EEF looks at how better evidence could help to reduce teacher workload.
The Education Endowment Foundation is an independent charity dedicated to breaking ...
Continuing professional development (CPD) is an important way of spreading evidence-informed practice (EIP) in schools. But despite widespread calls for more fo...
In exploring what constitutes effective teaching and learning in classrooms and schools, this article centres around the important role of evaluation in evidenc...
An international spotlight is now shining on evidence-informed practice. In a fast-changing world, where diverse groups of pupils need to be prepared for their ...
This paper explores how a Federation of three small infant schools attempted to become self-improving through becoming evidence informed, and in collaboration w...
The late, great Ted Wragg once calculated that a teacher typically makes upwards of a thousand 'on-the-spot, evaluative decisions' on any given day (MacBeath, 2...
Jude Hunton considers research on learning for examinations and the kinds of effective strategies that can be gleaned from research on testing and memory.
Te...
How often do you question your actions or methods as a professional? ‘We have always done it this way’ is often noted as one of the most dangerous phrases in ...
Dominic Shibli discusses Kirschner and van Merriënboer's paper debunking three popular 'myths' in educational research.
I have been teaching for 20 years but...
Stephen Lockyer delves into the world of cognitive science to explore what is known about strategies for improving memory retention.
I was disappointed as a ...
This printable PDF poster includes explanations of a range of key terms from education research, including causation; effect size; Hawthorne effect; practition...
