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Teachers – ‘Read…Refine…Reflect…Repeat’

In The Confident Teacher by Alex Quigley08/08/20144 Comments

A short reading list for your reflection and refinement.   There is a apocryphal tale, attributed often to Abraham Lincoln, though it almost certainly predates America itself, about the value of ‘sharpening your axe‘. …

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'Supporting online tuition at home: Briefing for schools'

This brief guide from @NTProgramme aims to support schools in maximising the impact of tuition while it is being delivered remotely to pupils at home.

https://nationaltutoring.org.uk/resources/supporting-online-tuition-at-home

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ludi_jonesLudi Jones@ludi_jones·

@MFLChat Definitely #edutwitter for ideas but also discussions with MFL T from my trust about how to implement ideas.I would say the research on memory has helped me the most to understand how pupils remember and how to use retrieval effectively. Research schools have been great #mflchat

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margaretmckeow2margaret mckeown@margaretmckeow2·

Happy to be part of this issue! We (Crosson et al) found that teaching robust vocabulary + morphological analysis w/ Latin roots improves skill for inferring new word meanings w/ those roots and benefits future comprehension. https://twitter.com/H_Breadmore/status/1356250413691973633

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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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