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What's wrong with Ofsted's definition of learning?

Feb 04, 2019 | Category: Featured
As everyone already knows, Ofsted have published a draft of the new Inspection Framework which is currently undergoing a process of consultation. Amazingly, one of the most contentious aspects of the...

Teaching to make children cleverer - Part 2

Jan 07, 2018 | Category: psychology
In my last post I reviewed those aspects on intelligence which are likely to be most malleable by teachers. Briefly, research into individual differences suggests that intelligence is fairly stable an...

Just semantics? Subtle but important misunderstandings about learning styles, modalities, and preferences

Feb 21, 2016 | Category: Featured
This is a guest blog from Yana Weinstein, Assistant Professor at University of Massachusetts, Lowell, one of the masterminds behind the wonderful Learning Scientists site.Scientists get quite attached...