Teaching to the test doesn’t work. But teaching students about the test is imperative. Not only that, exam performance IS a thing, and you can
Category: writing
ASSESSMENT IN HE pt 4 – worked examples
This is the 4th in a series of blogs on assessment, which forms part of a larger series of blogs on the importance of starting strong in higher
IS THERE A PLACE FOR CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING IN SCHOOL?
This is part 2 of a series on creativity in schools. Part 1 is here Ben Newmark’s rousing and simply wonderful treaty on why we teach
If You Don’t Model, Learning’s a Lottery
The video below is a perfect demonstration of why it’s so important to model learning for students. What it highlights is what most motivated people
Should examiners be expert in the subject they mark? Duh!
I know what you’re thinking. This is obvious. Well, think again. An examiner has to provide evidence they are teaching in their field, but they
GRAMMAR AND COGNITIVE LOAD IN WRITING
Recent observations from marking transactional writing draw me to the following hypothesis: when students are pushing their working memory to capacity in order to produce
