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

    Vocabulary Clinic

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    More than Just ‘Word Walls’

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  • Education Politics and Polemics, Educational Research / September 18, 2018

    The Power of (Pushy?) Parents

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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap / May 13, 2018

    Spelling: Avoiding Ignorance and Negligence

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  • Metacognition & Modelling / April 28, 2018

    The Makings of Metacognition

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    Unwrapping the Mystery of Metacognition

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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap / April 19, 2018

    Why Closing the Word Gap Matters

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Cracking the Academic Code

In Closing The Vocabulary Gap by Alex Quigley24/02/20187 Comments

(This article was first published in Teach Secondary Magazine. You can subscribe HERE) How could a group of crossword puzzle champions save the world? Such a startling question has a …

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GCSE English Language & Literature – Planning for Success

In Teaching English by Alex Quigley04/11/20173 Comments

Every English teacher has a student like Natalie. Whether she is in year 7 or 11, she is a walking grade 9 waiting to happen. You can see it shine …

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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A cracking blog by @LeadingLearner on supporting our most disadvantaged pupils by emphasising reading, vocabulary and curriculum breadth.

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I really like this blog by @EDmerger on how you can make explicit the many meaningful links between the English literature GCSE texts, thereby creating a richer understanding (a ‘schema’ or ‘mental model’) of those texts. So necessary to avoid sterile exam focus - “Only connect”!

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Following from recent @tes article on motivating children to read, @ricketts_lara, @LaShaps1 and I have launched an online survey for teachers working with children aged 9-11. Teachers, please complete and RT so we can share good practice in this area: https://t.co/b2P9lBpF8k

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Alex Quigley

I am a Senior Associate 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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