Jake Hunton, @jakehuntonMFL, is Head of Languages, author of Fun Learning Activities for FL, passionate about anything that supports teaching and learning, teachers and students... and North Staffordshire Oatcakes...
All in For Teachers
Jake Hunton, @jakehuntonMFL, is Head of Languages, author of Fun Learning Activities for FL, passionate about anything that supports teaching and learning, teachers and students... and North Staffordshire Oatcakes...
Almost a year ago now, Dr. Molly Worthen (@MollyWorthen) posted an opinion piece in the New York Times called “Lecture Me. Really.”. The piece received a lot of praise and criticism from many sources and for many reasons, but the debate focused on ...
This is the final post in a series of six posts designed to help students learn how to study effectively. Today’s post is about dual coding – a method of studying where students combine visuals and words.
For most, this question may seem an odd one. But sound evidence-based practice requires teachers to discriminate, apply and evaluate a variety of sources in order to answer such questions. Do you do that? Oliver Caviglioli and the Learning Scientists ...
The three Learning Scientists do research on learning and memory, but we are also teachers. (In fact, two of us consider ourselves teachers first and researchers second.) One thing we have noticed is that students like to watch videos in the classroom, and ...
This is the fifth in a series of six posts designed to help students learn how to study effectively. The purpose is to provide students with a resource that can help them take charge of their own learning. Today’s post is about concrete examples – that is ...