Research summaries – Tom Sherrington

https://teacherhead.com/2017/06/03/teaching-and-learning-research-summaries-a-collection-for-easy-access/

This week’s tip is a gold mine of information around educational research. I’m not going to claim any credit – I was completing a course this week around Retrieval Practice as part of the Teaching & Learning offering and came across a reference to the above blog.

What is it?

Tom Sherrington has summarised and collated a range of research that is relevant to our practice and combined it to support teachers to root classroom activities in research.

What topics are covered?

  • Dunlosky – Student strategies to boost learning
  • Rosenshine – Principles of instruction
  • Coe – Review of underpinning research for ‘What makes great teaching?’
  • Dylan William – 9 things every teacher should know
  • And many more!

How long will it take to read?

There are some that are longer than others, but often Sherrington has focussed the attention to specific pages.

Give it a go, and let me know if you have any ideas for future posts.

Tip: Twitter for teachers

There may already be several Twitter converts among us…but if you aren’t one of them, here’s a few reasons why you may want to join.

  1. Twitter can save you time. Numerous wonderful teachers publish their resources – for revision, lessons or blogs to inspire – and these are accessible for free. Sigma have their own Science page, Humanities and there are countless others!
  2. Quick reads = big impact. There are fascinating insights into pedagogical developments that prompt thought and reflection on our practice. Some examples include articles about metacognition, retrieval practice or classroom based oracy.
  3. News, including informal discussions about examinations, approaches to online learning that are essential to modern practice, often filters through in digestible chunks.

Give it a go, and let me know how you get on! For tips on who to follow, check this out: https://www.doodlemaths.com/2019/08/05/top-10-education-accounts-to-follow-on-twitter/

More

Teaching and Learning working groups: 11th November 2020

Looking forward to delving into our areas for development:

– Challenge

– Scaffolding

– Online learning

– Vocabulary

Challenge

https://www.sec-ed.co.uk/blog/taking-the-lid-off-stretch-and-challenge-in-the-classroom

@teacherhead explores ideas about attitudes and mindsets, and their influence on attainment. Ideas of embedding challenge into routine has certainly got me thinking of ways to implement #teachtothetop, leaving no child ‘under-challenged’.

Scaffolding

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/scaffolding-lessons-six-strategies-rebecca-alber

Great article by @WordLib. Love the ideas on modelling!

Online learning

Teaching Online: Using ‘Lecture Pauses’ Helps Retention

@TeacherToolkit up next for our ‘Online Learning’ research. Not only a great reference guide to other blogs he’s written, but sharing thoughts about encouraging reflection whilst teaching online.

Vocabulary

‘We Did Vocabulary Last Year’

Last, but never least: vocabulary. For this, there’s one key expert to consider @HuntingEnglish and the idea that one can never ‘over-do’ vocabulary.