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    Unwrapping the Mystery of Metacognition

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    Why Closing the Word Gap Matters

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    Literacy is dead…long live ‘disciplinary literacy’!

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10 New School Year Resolutions

In Teaching and Learning by Alex Quigley03/09/201612 Comments

School starts again on Monday for me and so it is an appropriate time to procrastinate…sorry, I mean plan for the year ahead. Now, I know that the best laid …

Alex Quigley

I am Director of Huntington Research School, York. I am also a Research School Developer for the EEF, supporting research schools in the north of England.

When I am not doing research school work, I can be found teaching English as well writing edubooks and articles for TES and Teach Secondary magazine.

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Our Assistant Director of Research School @juliewatsonpsy had a great evening in Doncaster working on role of memory in the classroom.
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Great session on introducing governors to EEF today. The DfE guide to "understanding our data" document was our context. Thanks to @Russell_Spink for sharing his enthusiasm for helping governors ask better research based questions @knspsite

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@teacherhead (aka Tom Sherrington) has reorganised Rosenshine's ten strategies of his Principles of Instruction report into a more powerful four-stage lesson structure. Genius. Download a pdf from https://t.co/fGIT8N9wX3

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Alex Quigley

I am Director of Huntington Research School, York. I am also a Research School Developer for the EEF, supporting research schools in the north of England.

When I am not doing research school work, I can be found teaching English, as well as writing edubooks and articles for 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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