Another super article from one of my favourite writers on all things educationaI. I do wonder if I enjoy reading Michael’s work because I agree with him, or because he makes me consider things I haven’t before. Still, a thought-provoking article on curiosity. In my mind, developing curiosity in young children is one of the […]
This is part 3 of a series of blogs on my new book, Making Good Progress?: The future of Assessment for Learning. Click here to read the introduction to the series. One frequent criticism of memorisation is that it doesn’t lead to understanding. For example, a pupil can memorise a rule of grammar, or a definition of
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Time I feel like joining London Business School to study for an MBA. Let’s see what that’ll cost me. £70,000… ouch! But okay. Actually hang on… I know I’m going to have to relocate to London to do this, so … Continue reading →
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January 22, 2017 at 01:25PM Progress 8 scores offer a better way of looking at school performance than did the A*-C percentage GCSE pass rate, says Stuart Kime, but be aware of how you interpret them . Removing the A* – C percentage pass rate statistic from the vernacular of English schooling was an eminently
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