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| | Back to contents BBalance - This was a contribution from Jill Berry on Twitter - "It's crucial in life and it's vital in education. Get balance right, eg professional/personal, support/challenge, confidence/humility"... Need I say more? Thanks Jill. Baldino (Roberto) - A Brazilian maths teacher who uses the idea of "Solidarity Assimilation Groups" - students are...
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| | This is a re-blog post originally posted by Ruth Powleyand published with kind permission.The original post can be found here. The statistics make sobering reading. Research reportedherefound that, "on average, teachers believed 49% of...neuromyths, particularly myths related to commercialized educational programs." A recent survey reportedherefound that 90% of teachers in several countries agreed that...
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| | Results from the latest Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) set off alarm bells when they revealed that US high school students lacked critical thinking skills. The test, designed to measure the capacity for 15-year-old students to apply reading, mathematics, and science knowledge to real-world settings, found that American students ranked 31st in math, 24th in science, and 21st in reading, in a comparison with students from 65 other countries. These findings indicated that American stu...
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| A few years ago, I developed a mantra of sorts to help me be a better teacher. With everything I do, I ask myself this question: 'have I given my students every resource and tool needed in order to be successful?'. I believe this has improved my teaching: my explanations are clearer and are focused...