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Monthly Archives: May 2013
Do all lesson structures support students retaining information?
Recently I was listening to a teacher at my school, Aylie Berger, present some work on learning in Mathematics. A number of items were really interesting but for me the research around the “primary recency effect and cognitive closure” really … Continue reading
Posted in Mathematics, Teaching, Uncategorized
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lost i phone
This weekend I lost my i phone. I was out at a restaurant and after paying the bill walked out with friends leaving my phone on the table. It wasn’t till the next morning that I discovered – no phone … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, Uncategorized
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When Art and Science combine?
…. we deeper questions and connections.
Posted in Art, Creativity, Teaching, Video Clips
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Creativity takes time, freedom and playfulness.
Thanks to Greg Carroll from New Zealand for the link. Worth considering>
Posted in Art, Creativity, Teaching, Video Clips
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Skype calls to China
This week we had our first Skype conference call with Amy an English teacher at our sister school in China. It was a real buzz to talk in real-time with someone so far away from the comfort of my … Continue reading
Posted in China, Chinese Language, Leadership, Teaching
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What questions do you pose?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpDRj5TgSh8 This little clip may be useful to show late primary early secondary students as the pose “meaty” questions to research. The clip uses a thick and thin classification. Have a look and tell me what you think.
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Is drill and kill the right approach to learning to spell?
My headline is in lots of ways misleading for there is no one right way to learn to spell efficiently in English. In the 60’s and 70’s we made students learn to spell lists of words through repetition or drill … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment, differentiation, Instruction, Teaching
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