Let’s start with a quick experiment. When I say the word ‘teenager’ to you, what three words come to mind?
Recently researchers ran a similar
There is an old adage that ‘praise is like penicillin…it must not be administered haphazardly’. Done well, it can help boost motivation and
More and more schools are starting to talk about the power of both retrieval practice and metacognition. But what actually are they, how do they
When it comes to revision, many students start out with high levels of motivation and good intentions. But these good intentions often don’t
It is interesting to consider how parents treat and think about their children differently; are there subtle yet important variations in how people
Metacognition is a term that is being increasingly used in education since being highlighted as one of the most cost-effective ways to help students
“Watch your thoughts. They become words. Watch your words. They become deeds. Watch your deeds. They become habits. Watch your habits. They become
Recent international league tables make for worrying reading for educators across England. The country falls outside the top 20 in its ranking for
