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Implementation Decisions: Problems and Context
A new blog series around the EEF’s tool for making evidence-informed implementation decisions
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The Great Big Small Schools INSET Day event
If you missed the event or would like a recap you can catch up by watching the recordings!
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High quality dialogue – Yes, but what does it look like?
By Rachael Wilson, Deputy Director of Norfolk Research School and Year 6 teacher
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Maths matters: so why is it not a priority?
Schools rightly prioritise pupils’ literacy skills – but why do we often see maths as less of a priority?
Improve universal provision for all pupils
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Understanding the impact of low family income on pupils
Metacognitive Questions – Clips from the Classroom
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Explicit Vocabulary Instruction: A Child’s Eye View
Talking to children about a new approach to learning vocabulary.
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Bringing Cognitive Science into the Maths classroom
Amarbeer Singh Gill considers how teachers can support success by helping pupils reduce the load on working memory.
Why slow writing might be your next big win
Tried dictation? Take it further with slow writing – a natural next step, blending structure with freedom for sentence crafting.
Turning corners in writing
In this blog, we will explore the value of dictation and how to use it effectively in the classroom.
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History with HAL 9000: Should we use AI to plan our lessons?
Reflections on the latest EEF Teacher Choices evaluation
Turning the Tide on the Teacher Retention Crisis
How school leaders can change just one thing to make all the difference, especially in our most deprived communities
The Leadership Equation
Finding a formula to manage complex change
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On Your Marks: Timely Feedback
How do we decide on the timeliness of feedback?
Supporting disadvantaged learners through consistency, clear routines and high expectations
The role that high expectations, routines, consistency and strong relationships in supporting disadvantaged learners.
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Leadership in the early years: using evidence-based tools to support quality improvement
Fliss James and Siobhan Campbell talk about how use of evaluation tools such as ITERS‑3 can support effective implementation.
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Cornwall Research School Podcast Ep.3
Listen to this interesting episode with Emilie Warren SEND Outreach Operations Manager for Special Partnership Trust
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Let’s read it again: the power of storytime replays
Matthew Courtney considers the benefits of reading aloud and revisiting texts in EYFS and KS1, ahead of this week’s webinar.
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Schemas, Prior Knowledge and Action Movies
Why we had to end the Die Hard quiz
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Explicit Vocabulary Teaching: What Now?
Embedding newly-learnt vocabulary: what the Vocabulary in Action poster could look like in practice.
Building a Sense of Belonging
A Yorkshire and Humber Research School Blog Series
Monitoring to Improve Not Prove
Monitoring a range of implementation outcomes to support effective implementation
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Does it really work? Judging the Impact of Interventions
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Leading with Purpose
Insights on Effective School Leadership
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Fading Guidance for Greater Independence
Known as “fading guidance,” this strategy moves students toward greater independence…
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Live Modelling with Think-Aloud
Live modelling, or “thinking out loud” as you demonstrate, helps students see an expert’s approach to a task in real time.
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Mechanisms of Effective Professional Development
The more mechanisms a PD programme has, the greater the impact on pupil attainment.
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Using Worked Examples to Reduce Cognitive Overload
When students encounter new material, especially if they’re new to a topic, it’s easy for them to feel overwhelmed.
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Stories make us stay
John Rodgers emphasises the importance of knowing your pupils and their families to understand disadvantage in your school.
Leading Reading and Disciplinary Literacy
Parental Engagement in Early Reading
Early Years Series
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Empowering Teaching Assistants: A Research-Informed Approach to SEND Support and Professional Development
Exploring the importance of teaching assistant development in enhancing SEND provision in schools.
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The power of positive relationships: creating a sense of belonging in the early years.
How fostering meaningful connections lays the foundation for lifelong learning.
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I’m sorry but stop apologising for SEND!
Empowering SEND students as a teacher with Single Sided Deafness (SSD)
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Creating a Culture That Connects
Overcoming the Challenges of Keeping Everyone on Board
Network-wide blogs
These blogs have been written on behalf of the wider Research Schools Network rather than an individual Research School
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Making the most of metacognition
Chris Runeckles explains how teachers can use metacognition to their advantage in teaching and learning.
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Supporting pupils with SEND during testing times
The EEF’s Gary Aubin explains how the ‘Five-a-day’ approach can support high quality teaching and exam preparation.
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How to teach handwriting in the early years
Dr Polly Crowther of East London Research School explains how to support children’s handwriting skills in the Early Years.
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Improving mathematics through spatial thinking
Dr Emily K. Farran and Prof. Catherine Gripton highlight the importance of spatial thinking in teaching early maths.
Improving Literacy in Key Stage 2
Doireann Brennan, Reading Lead at Meols Cop, discusses key updates of the updated ‘Improving Literacy in Key Stage 2’
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The Simple View of Writing: Music to our ears
David Windle of Charles Dickens Research School on the complexity of teaching writing.
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Reading fluency and supporting professional development
Ruth Everett, Evidence Lead in Education at Unity Research School, on supporting reading fluency in secondary settings.
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Effective Professional Development and Motivating Teachers
Julie Kettlewell, the EEF’s new Learning Behaviours content specialist, on how to motivate behaviour change with effective PD.
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A balanced approach to successful professional development
Kirstin Mulholland, the EEF’s new maths content specialist, explains the mechanisms from the EEF’s latest guidance report.
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Introducing and using the Teaching and Learning Toolkit
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Identifying ‘best bets’ from educational research
Secondary school SENCo Kirsten Mould explains how to make best use of the EEF’s recently updated Teaching and Learning Toolkit
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