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Negative framing and No Pens Days

Oct 16, 2014 | Category: literacy
The framing effect is an example of cognitive bias, in which our reactions to a choice depend on whether it is presented as a loss or a gain. Our tendency is to avoid risks when they're framed negativ...
#writing #Mick Waters #Framing effect #No Pens Days #The Communication Trust

Do we value pupils' writing?

Apr 26, 2014 | Category: literacy
Why do we ask pupils to write? There may be very many answers to that question but in my experience of working with teachers and observing lessons, overwhelmingly, teachers ask pupils to write in orde...
#writing

A simple theory about writing

Apr 23, 2014 | Category: literacy
The first thing to say is this is not in any way supposed to be a complete or unified theory - I'm well aware that there are many other important strands to improving pupils' writing and have written...
#writing #Robin Alexander #Debra Myhill

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