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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap / March 7, 2020

    ‘We Did Vocabulary Last Year’

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    We are ‘Doing Curriculum’ – so what are we stopping?

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    Curriculum Development and Teacher Development

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    What do we mean by ‘knowledge rich’ anyway?

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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap, Resources / October 20, 2018

    Vocabulary Clinic

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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap / October 20, 2018

    More than Just ‘Word Walls’

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The Key to Success: Deliberate Practice or our Genes?

In Uncategorized by Alex Quigley31/07/201421 Comments

Wayne Rooney, aged 16, scoring an iconic goal against Arsenal. Genius derived from genes? Or does practice make perfect? Most young boys grow up in Liverpool playing football and little else. I …

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kirsten_mouldKirsten Mould@kirsten_mould·

I’m really looking forward to this, thanks to @Learn_Parents - a great opportunity to share practice. See you there! https://twitter.com/learn_parents/status/1362804649695342592

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ChloeRuMarshallProf Chloe Ruth Marshall@ChloeRuMarshall·

Excellent and much-needed systematic review by @KeeleyDobinson and Julie Dockrell @Lang_Lit_Num @IOE_London on 'universal strategies for the improvement of expressive language skills in the primary classroom'. Read it here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0142723721989471

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Helen_AmassHelen Amass@Helen_Amass·

Could your pretty PowerPoint presentations be having a negative effect on students’ understanding? asks @HuntingEnglish https://www.tes.com/magazine/article/why-teachers-shouldnt-rely-solely-powerpoint (3/7)

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Alex Quigley

Alex Quigley

I write this blog in a personal capacity.

After fifteen years in the classroom, I now support the cause of education from the other side the school gates. For most of the week I work for the EEF, as National Content Manager, supporting teachers and school leaders to access research evidence.

Additionally, I write edubooks and offer consultancy. Also, I am very lucky to have a column for both TES and Teach Secondary magazine.

Alex Quigley

I am National Content Manager at the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), after fifteen years as an English teacher and school leader. The focus of my work is supporting school improvement and making research  evidence accessible and useable for teachers and school leaders.

I write books for Routledge, including the bestseller, ‘Closing the Vocabulary Gap’. Currently, I am a columnist for both TES and Teach Secondary magazine. I am a ResearchED Trustee & a member of the Chartered College of Teaching Impact Journal board.

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