One of the most frustrating things I encounter in being an English teacher is to hear students say that they aren’t very good at the
Author: paulgmoss
I live and breathe education. I try to teach what I know about learning. This blog represents ideas I have about education at the time of writing. I expect my ideas to change.
Helping students’ memories – utilising elaborative retrieval
‘A heart whose love is innocent!’ This is the last line from George Gordon Lord Byron‘s poem “She Walks in Beauty”. It’s a significant line
Strengthening English analysis skills
2 min read. Developing analytical skills in students is best achieved by providing them short scaffolded tasks, tasks that do not necessarily look like summative
Summative assessment is king!
Poor old summative assessment. For so long now you’ve been the whipping boy of education, the outlet for frustrated teachers, the cause of ire for
Are you an effective questioner? Lots aren’t.
Use the AWCE (pronounced ORCE) CODE Asking questions is an essential part of assessing for learning, and thus good teaching, and yet I think it
RETRIEVAL PRACTICE REALLY WORKS
RETRIEVAL PRACTICE IS WORKING There existed a minor irony with the proliferation and exhortation of retrieval practice by research advocates as an effective teaching strategy,
LEARNING DESIGN by Paul G Moss 