Teaching and learning approaches that make use of retrieval, interleaving, spacing and visual cues have been found to enhance students’ performance, but are not...
This article is based on an original research article published in Frontiers in Education (Müllensiefen et al., 2015).
Theories of intelligence and academic ...
Since 1997, UK governments have advocated evidence-based practice in English education policy (DfE, n.d.) ; (also see Ball (Ball, 2013) and Whitty (Whitty, 2016...
The manner by which pretend play contributes to children’s cognitive development has gained increasing interest recently. Play provides children with opportun...
Why this? Why now? Why us?
Jerome Bruner, the renowned American psychologist, states that the primary objective of any act of learning, over and beyond the p...
If we accept that knowledge of the brain is of value to teachers, it follows that we need to develop our understanding of how teachers mediate this type of info...
Our CPD packs are designed to support members in further exploring the themes raised in each Impact journal. CPD packs provide guidance and resources to hel...
In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the need to help young people develop their abilities to use spoken language effectively. Emp...
I had some concerns about the marking system used for Key Stage 3 in my school when I joined two years ago. It followed the general policy that classwork would ...
Continuing professional development (CPD) is an important way of spreading evidence-informed practice (EIP) in schools. But despite widespread calls for more fo...
This is a co-publication with the British Medical Journal (BMJ), first published in May 2017 (BMJ 357: J2234)
Education and healthcare intersect in important...
Despite recent policies to support evidence-informed teaching, and a number of important practical developments - of which the new Chartered College of Teaching...
