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The problem with marking and how to solve it
Jan 31, 2022 |
Category: workload
Every teacher - particularly English teachers - has huge existential guilt about marking. When I worked full time as a teacher marking was the first thing to go when the stress inevitably piled up. An...
The Capital Letter Problem Part 2: Pressure and release
Aug 27, 2016 |
Category: writing
In my last post I defined what I'm calling The Capital Letter Problem and set out some of its causes. Briefly, children pick up and embed bad habits when writing and, although they often know what sho...
When should we stop making students redraft work?
Sep 14, 2015 |
Category: writing
I managed to catch a bit of #Engchatuk today and was interested to see that the discussion was on how to get students to redraft their work. Redrafting is something I advocate when travelling round di...
What should written feedback look like?
May 04, 2015 |
Category: Featured
To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.Arthur Schopenhauer
In response to my last post, Cristina Milos pointed out that I use the term 'feedback' without providing any further...
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