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Research School Network: Blog Posts
Blog Posts
Blogs
Latest blogs from our Research Schools
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Implementation matters: leadership learning on NPQ programmes and putting evidence into practice in schools
Year 3 Writing Project at St John the Baptist Catholic Multi-Academy Trust
Ben Serruys, Deputy Director of the Julian Teaching School Hub
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Scaffolding to Support Working Memory Demands: Questions for Reflection
We share questions and resources to unpick the EEF’s Voices from the Classroom
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Blog five | What can you expect when participating in an EEF project?
The process can still be a novel and uncertain one, and so here we outline what to expect when participating in an EEF project.
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Learning Behaviours
Behaviour is often thought of as something negative that gets in the way of learning.
Looking at a new class through the learning behaviours lens
Understanding Effective Learning Behaviours
We explore the key components of effective learning behaviours, their importance, and how they can be fostered in schools.
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Supporting young children’s emotional learning behaviours
David Windle discusses putting the SEL Guidance into practice in nursery-aged children
How can we help all children to write better in KS3 English?
Stepping up: 15 steps for ensuring disadvantaged pupils thrive
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Improving Feedback by Improving Subject Knowledge
Investing in Subject Knowledge has Multiple Benefits
How can we help all children to write better in secondary schools?
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Addressing rural disadvantages: Navigating service accessibility challenges – blog 3 of small rural school series
The much anticipated final blog from Mari Palmer in her series on small rural schools.
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Re-establishing rich, rigorous and reflective relationships with your parents
Sonia shares a range of EEF resources and tools that the schools can employ to support effective work with parents.
Secondary Case study: student leadership of extracurricular clubs
Utilising sixth formers to boost the extracurricular offer
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Supporting student success: the power of metacognition in the classroom
Stewart Pinnock explains how metacognition can empower students to become active agents in their learning.
The Evidence Base behind Attendance Interventions
The importance of attendance means that there is a growing demand for a review of the research into attendance interventions.
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Implementing a whole school approach to developing learning behaviours.
The first in a series of blogs from Hayley Wood.
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Learning Behaviours: Equipping Pupils And Staff With The Necessary Tools
Teacher at Billesley Primary School, Zainab Altaf, draws on personal experience & EEF guidance to explore SEL fundamentals
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How can weaving Social Emotional Learning (SEL) into daily practice crack even the hardest nut and lift just a little of that teacher guilt?
Our Evidence Lead in Education, Martin Hill, uses his own experiences & EEF guidance to give an honest, accessible guide to SEL
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Developing Learning Behaviours for Effective Transitions
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Consistency in Behaviour Management
by Vicky Castle, Assistant Headteacher at The Blue School in Wells
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Battling with AI and the importance of writing
A Brave New World?
Navigating the Ofsted English Subject Report Recommendations
What should schools do next?
Learning Behaviours: bolt in not bolt on
How do we embed the teaching and development of learning behaviours so ALL pupils have the skills and motivation to succeed?
A Treasure Trove of Evidence- what underpins the ITT and ECF frameworks?
Introducing a brand new resource produced by the EEF
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Do you ‘do’ partner talk?
Building a language-rich environment through explicitly teaching participatory learning behaviours and routines.
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Study Success and Desirable Difficulty
Success is an important factor in motivation – how do we reconcile that with desirable difficulty?
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Teaching the Tools to Study
Making it easy for students to study by teaching them how
Just because it worked once, does not mean it is going to work every time: Approaching metacognitive strategies with high prior attainers.
How to explicitly teach pupils metacognitive strategies
SEND: Inclusivity in the classroom
How to use metacognitive strategies to support learning in the classroom.
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The Power of Relationships
Sarah Stock from Newcastle Research School shares how the use of evidence has informed and shaped practice within schools.
Independent learning beyond the classroom.
John Holmes, Director of TGRS, shares his experience of teaching children how to organise their learning independently
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March 2024 Newsletter
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Learning Behaviours from EYFS to post 16.
Teaching Metacognition and Learning Behaviours throughout the years
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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Encouraging self-regulated learning through effective homework
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Making use of maths manipulatives
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Keep up, not catch up
Talk matters
Seizing upon SEL with Structured Talk
Tackling a Mass of Scientific Misconceptions
Returning to the science classroom
Effective Learning Behaviours: identifying the struggles
When we use the word behaviour we can quickly assume that it relates to strategies to manage misbehaviour in the classroom.
Seeking input from pupils, parents and specialist professionals: how do schools make it work?
Science at Meols Cop: Our Misconception Mission
Planning social and emotional learning when children return to school
Applying the Evidence to School Closures
Stories and guidance from across the Research Schools Network