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    Does reading *really* matter in mathematics?

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Infectious Explanations – Teach Secondary Article

In The Confident Teacher by Alex Quigley28/09/2014Leave a Comment

  This month I wrote an article for Teach Secondary on a topic dear to my heart – teacher explanations. If you are interested then you can give the article a look …

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Infectious Explanations

In The Confident Teacher by Alex Quigley05/06/201413 Comments

I have stolen this catchy title from the eminently likeable Mike Cladingbowl, OFSTED’s Director of Schools. You heard me right – top inspector praised for his sage words about teaching and learning. …

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Why We Should Mistrust Ken Robinson

In Uncategorized by Alex Quigley28/05/201316 Comments

Sir Ken – A knight amongst educationalists the world over. A couple of weeks ago, like millions of other teaching professionals, I watched the latest iteration of Ken Robinson’s celebration of creativity …

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Explanations: Top 10 Teaching Tips

In The Confident Teacher by Alex Quigley11/05/20136 Comments

“There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and …

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"Disciplinary literacy recognises that literacy skills are both general and subject specific, emphasising the value of supporting teachers of every subject to teach students how to read, write and communicate effectively."

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Useful blog on the challenge of assessing oracy/talk from @voice21oracy

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👇I really liked this feature too - in fact it was my choice for the podcast last week! https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/tes-podagogy/id1521660460?i=1000516274305 from 10 mins on. https://twitter.com/huntingenglish/status/1382018749700706310

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  • Does reading *really* matter in mathematics? 10/04/2021
  • The Magic of the Classroom 06/03/2021
  • Should we worry about handwriting? 23/01/2021
  • Flipping Fronted Adverbials 18/01/2021
  • Five Things I Wish I’d Known About Literacy 16/01/2021

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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